Etymology

spiroacetal

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Today it means: Any acetal in which the two ether groups are connected by a bridge Full definition →

English acetal ← Latin spīra ← Ancient Greek σπεῖρα (speîra)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sper-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sper-yeh₂-
  3. Ancient Greekσπεῖρα (speîra)
  4. Latinspīra
  5. Englishspiro-
  6. Englishacetal
  7. English todayspiroacetal

From spiro- + acetal.

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