Etymology

umbelliferone

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Today it means: A yellowish-white natural product of the coumarin family, occurring in such plants as carrot and coriander. Full definition →

English ketone ← German Keton ← Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.?
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The story

  1. Englishumbel
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
  4. Proto-Italic*ferō
  5. Latinferō
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
  8. Englishumbellifer(ous)
  9. GermanKeton
  10. Englishketone
  11. English todayumbelliferone

From umbellifer(ous) + -one.

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