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Where does “allylamine” come from?

allylamine (English) comes from English amine, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā.

allylamine (English): The unsaturated primary amine CH=CH-CH-NH or any...

Definitions

  1. The unsaturated primary amine CH=CH-CH-NH or any...

Ancestry of “allylamine”, step by step

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

Words derived from “allylamine”

  • polyallylamine
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →