Etymology

thiophene

T1H4I1O1P3H4E1N1E1

Today it means: Any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds containing a ring of four carbon atoms and a sulfur atom; especially the simplest one, C₄H₄S. Full definition →

English phene ← French phène ← Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰewh₂-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekθέειον (théeion)
  3. Ancient Greekθεῖον (theîon)
  4. Englishthio-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*bʰh₂nyéti
  7. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáňňō
  8. Ancient Greekφαίνω (phaínō)
  9. Frenchphène
  10. Englishphene
  11. English todaythiophene

From thio- + phene ("benzene").

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