Etymology

semialdehyde

S1E1M3I1A1L1D2E1H4Y4D2E1

Today it means: The monoaldehyde of a dicarboxylic acid; those of some amino acids are intermediates in biosynthesis Full definition →

English aldehyde ← German Aldehyd ← Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sēmi
  3. Latinsēmi-
  4. Englishsemi-
  5. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  6. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  7. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  8. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  9. Latinalcohol
  10. Proto-Indo-European*de
  11. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  12. Proto-Italic*dē
  13. Latindē
  14. Latinde-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*wed-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
  17. Proto-Hellenic*údōr
  18. Ancient Greekῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
  19. Ancient Greekῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)
  20. GermanAldehyd
  21. Englishaldehyde
  22. English todaysemialdehyde

From semi- + aldehyde.

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