Etymology

tetravinyltetramethylcyclotetrasiloxane

Today it means: A cyclic organosilicon compound consisting of a four-member siloxane ring with four vinyl groups and four methyl groups attached to the silicon atoms. Full definition →

English siloxane ← Classical Latin cyclicus ← French cyclique
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷetwóres
  2. Proto-Hellenic*kʷétwores
  3. Ancient Greekτέσσᾰρες (téssăres)
  4. Ancient Greekτετρᾰ- (tetră-)
  5. Englishtetra-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*weh₁y-?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*wéyh₁ō
  8. Proto-Italic*wīnom
  9. Latinvīnum
  10. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  11. Englishvinyl
  12. Englishvinyl-
  13. Englishtetra-
  14. GermanMethy
  15. Englishmethyl
  16. Englishmethyl-
  17. Late Latincyclus
  18. Middle Englishcicle
  19. Englishcycle
  20. Ancient Greekκυκλῐκός (kuklĭkós)
  21. Classical Latincyclicu
  22. Middle Frenchcyclique
  23. Frenchcyclique
  24. Classical Latincyclicus
  25. Englishcyclic
  26. Englishcyclo-
  27. Englishtetra-
  28. Englishsiloxane
  29. English todaytetravinyltetramethylcyclotetrasiloxane

From tetra- + vinyl- + tetra- + methyl- + cyclo- + tetra- + siloxane.

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