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Where does “aminophenol” come from?

aminophenol (English) comes from English amino-, from English amine, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a.

aminophenol (English): Any of three isomeric amino derivatives of...

Definitions

  1. Any of three isomeric amino derivatives of...

Ancestry of “aminophenol”, step by step

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