Etymology

suxethonium

S1U1X8E1T1H4O1N1I1U1M3

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English onium ← New Latin ammōnium ← German Ethy
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The story

  1. Latinsūcus
  2. Latinsūcinum
  3. Latinsuccinum
  4. Englishsuccinic
  5. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  6. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  7. Englishsuccinyl
  8. Englishsux-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eydʰ-
  10. Proto-Hellenic*áitʰō
  11. Ancient Greekαἴθω (aíthō)
  12. Ancient Greekᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)influ.?
  13. Ancient Greekαἰθήρ (aithḗr)
  14. Latinaethēr
  15. GermanÄther
  16. GermanEther
  17. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  18. GermanEthy
  19. Englishethyl
  20. New Latinammōnium
  21. Englishammonium
  22. Englishonium
  23. English todaysuxethonium

From sux- (“alteration of succinyl”) + eth(yl) + -onium.

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