Etymology

trimethylalkane

T1R1I1M3E1T1H4Y4L1A1L1K5A1N1E1

Today it means: Any alkane that has three methyl groups Full definition →

English alkane ← German Alkan ← Medieval Latin alcoho
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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*médʰu
  7. Proto-Hellenic*métʰu
  8. Ancient Greekμέθυ (méthu)
  9. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  10. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  11. GermanMethy
  12. Englishmethyl
  13. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  14. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  15. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  16. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  17. Medieval Latinalcoho
  18. GermanAlk(ohol)
  19. GermanAlkyl
  20. Germanalk-
  21. GermanAlkan
  22. Englishalkane
  23. English todaytrimethylalkane

From tri- + methyl + alkane.

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