Meanings
nounethanolamine (plural ethanolamines)
plural ethanolamines
- chemistrya hydroxy-amine, HO.CH₂.CH₂.NH₂, manufactured by the reaction of ethylene oxide with ammonia; it is found naturally in a combined form in cephalin, and has many industrial applications
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eydʰ-
- Proto-Hellenic*áitʰō
- Ancient Greekαἴθω (aíthō)
- Ancient Greekᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)influ.?
- Ancient Greekαἰθήρ (aithḗr)
- Latinaethēr
- GermanÄther
- GermanEther
- Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
- Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
- GermanEthy
- Englishethyl
- Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
- Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
- Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
- Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
- Medieval Latinalcoho
- Middle Englishalcofol
- Englishalcohol
- Englishethyl
- Englisheth-
- Englishethane
- Englishalcohol
- Englishethanol
- Egyptianjmn
- Ancient GreekᾸ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)
- LatinAmmōn
- Latinammoniacus
- Englishammonia
- Englishamine
- Englishethanolamine
From ethanol + -amine.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 乙醇胺
- 乙醇胺 (yǐ chún àn)a hydroxy-amine manufactured by the reaction of ethylene oxide with ammonia
Portuguese etanolamina
- etanolaminaa hydroxy-amine manufactured by the reaction of ethylene oxide with ammonia
Cite this entry
APA
ethanolamine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ethanolamine
MLA
“ethanolamine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ethanolamine. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ethanolamine,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ethanolamine.
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