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Where does “acyliminium” come from?

acyliminium (English) comes from English iminium, from English imine, from English amine, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é.

acyliminium (English): Any acyl iminium ion

Definitions

  1. Any acyl iminium ion

Ancestry of “acyliminium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishiminiumA form of quaternary ammonium cation derived from...
2EnglishimineAny of a class of organic nitrogen compounds...
3EnglishamineA functional group formally derived from ammonia...
4English-ineOf or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;...
5French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
6French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
7Middle French-é—
8Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
9Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
10Proto-Italic-ā—
11Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →