Etymology

thioaldehyde

T1H4I1O1A1L1D2E1H4Y4D2E1

Today it means: any analogue of an aldehyde, of general formula RC(=S)H, in which the oxygen has been replaced by sulfur Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰewh₂-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekθέειον (théeion)
  3. Ancient Greekθεῖον (theîon)
  4. Englishthio-
  5. Latinalcohol
  6. Proto-Indo-European*de
  7. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  8. Proto-Italic*dē
  9. Latindē
  10. Latinde-
  11. Ancient Greekῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)
  12. GermanAldehyd
  13. Englishaldehyde
  14. English todaythioaldehyde

From thio- + aldehyde.

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