Etymology

trihydroxy

T1R1I1H4Y4D2R1O1X8Y4

Today it means: Three hydroxy groups in a molecule Full definition →

English hydroxy ← Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-) ← Proto-Hellenic *údōr
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*tréyes
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tri-
  3. Proto-Italic*tri-
  4. Latintri-
  5. Englishtri-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*wed-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
  8. Proto-Hellenic*údōr
  9. Ancient Greekῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
  10. Ancient Greekῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)
  11. Englishhydro-
  12. Englishoxy
  13. Englishhydroxy
  14. English todaytrihydroxy

From tri- + hydroxy.

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