Etymology

thioether

T1H4I1O1E1T1H4E1R1

Today it means: Any analogue of an ether, or general formula RSR', in which the oxygen has been replaced by sulfur; an organic sulfide. Full definition →

English ether ← Latin aethēr ← Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰewh₂-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekθέειον (théeion)
  3. Ancient Greekθεῖον (theîon)
  4. Englishthio-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eydʰ-
  6. Proto-Hellenic*áitʰō
  7. Ancient Greekαἴθω (aíthō)
  8. Ancient Greekᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)influ.?
  9. Ancient Greekαἰθήρ (aithḗr)
  10. Latinaethēr
  11. Englishether
  12. English todaythioether

From thio- + ether.

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