Etymology

transhydrogenation

Today it means: A reaction in which hydrogen is transferred from one molecule to another Full definition →

English hydrogenation ← French hydrogène ← Ancient Greek γένος (génos)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*térh₂t
  3. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂ónts
  4. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂n̥ts
  5. Proto-Italic*trāns
  6. Proto-Italic*trāns-
  7. Latintrans-
  8. Englishtrans-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*wed-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
  11. Proto-Hellenic*údōr
  12. Ancient Greekῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
  13. Ancient Greekὑδρο- (hudro-)
  14. Frenchhydro-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
  17. Proto-Hellenic*génos
  18. Ancient Greekγένος (génos)
  19. Frenchhydrogène
  20. Englishhydrogen
  21. Englishhydrogenation
  22. English todaytranshydrogenation

From trans- + hydrogenation.

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