Etymology

silole

S1I1L1O1L1E1

Today it means: A five-membered heterocycle having four carbon atoms, one silicon atom and two double bonds; it is analogous to cyclopentadiene Full definition →

English sil(icon) ← French carbone ← Latin carbōnem
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The story

  1. Latinsilex
  2. New Latinsilicium
  3. Englishsilicium
  4. Proto-Indo-European*kerh₃-der.?
  5. Latincarbōnem
  6. Frenchcarbone
  7. Englishcarbonbf.
  8. Englishsil(icon)
  9. English todaysilole

From sil(icon) + -ole.

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