Etymology

thioquinone

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Today it means: Any of a class of compounds formally derived from the quinones by replacing either, or both, of the oxygen atoms with sulfur Full definition →

English quinone ← German Keton ← Ancient Greek θεῖον (theîon)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰewh₂-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekθέειον (théeion)
  3. Ancient Greekθεῖον (theîon)
  4. Englishthio-
  5. Englishquinine
  6. Englishquinic
  7. GermanKeton
  8. Englishketone
  9. Englishquinone
  10. English todaythioquinone

From thio- + quinone.

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