cyclohexanone

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-redup.
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos
Proto-Hellenic *kʷókʷlos
Proto-Hellenic *kúklos
Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos)der.
Late Latin cyclusbor.
Middle English cicle
English cycle
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Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Hellenic *-kos
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós)
Ancient Greek κυκλῐκός (kuklĭkós)bor.
Classical Latin cyclicuslbor.
Middle French cyclique
French cycliquebor.
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Classical Latin cyclicusbor.
English cyclic
English cyclo-
Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs
Proto-Hellenic *hwéks
Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx)
Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-)der.
Latin hexa-der.
English hexa-
English hex-
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Italic *-nosder.
Proto-Italic *-ānos
Latin -ānusder.
English -ane
English hexane
English cyclohexane
German Ketonbor.
English ketone
English -one
English cyclohexanone

    From cyclohexane + -one.

    Noun

    cyclohexanone (countable and uncountable, plural cyclohexanones)

    1. (organic chemistry) The alicyclic ketone obtained from cyclohexane by the replacement of a methylene group by a carbonyl group.

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