hydroxyethyl

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wed-

Proto-Indo-European *-r̥

Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥

Proto-Hellenic *údōr

Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)

Ancient Greek ὑδρο- (hudro-)lbor.

French hydro-

Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os

Proto-Hellenic *génos

Ancient Greek γένος (génos)

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-ēs

Proto-Hellenic *-ēs

Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs)

Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs)lbor.

French -gène

French hydrogènebor.

English hydrogen

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der.?

Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús)

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Ancient Greek γένος (génos)

French oxygènebor.

English oxygen

Proto-Indo-European *s(w)el-der.?

Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der.

Frenchder.

English -yl

blend

English hydroxyl

English hydroxy-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ-der.

Proto-Hellenic *áitʰō

Ancient Greek αἴθω (aíthō)

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Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)influ.?

Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr)der.

Latin aethērbor.

German Äther

German Ether

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Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der.

German -yl

German Ethylbor.

English ethyl

English hydroxyethyl

From hydroxy- + ethyl.

Noun

hydroxyethyl (plural hydroxyethyls)

(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent radical HO-CH₂-CH₂- derived from ethylene glycol

Derived terms