Etymology

selenoketone

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Today it means: selone Full definition →

English ketone ← German Keton ← Ancient Greek Σελήνη (Selḗnē)
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The story

  1. Proto-Hellenic*selasnā
  2. Ancient Greekσελήνη (selḗnē)
  3. Ancient GreekΣελήνη (Selḗnē)
  4. Englishseleno-
  5. GermanKeton
  6. Englishketone
  7. English todayselenoketone

From seleno- + ketone.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.