Etymology

trilactone

T1R1I1L1A1C3T1O1N1E1

Today it means: Any compound that contains three lactone groups Full definition →

English lactone ← German Keton ← Latin lac
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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. Latinlac
  7. Englishlacto-
  8. GermanKeton
  9. Englishketone
  10. Englishlactone
  11. English todaytrilactone

From tri- + lactone.

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