Etymology

triketone

T1R1I1K5E1T1O1N1E1

Today it means: Any ketone having three carbonyl groups Full definition →

English ketone ← German Keton
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The story

  1. Englishtri-
  2. GermanKeton
  3. Englishketone
  4. English todaytriketone

From tri- + ketone.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.