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Where does “aminophosphine” come from?

aminophosphine (English) comes from English amino, from English amino-, from English amine, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é.

aminophosphine (English): Any organic compound having both an amino and a...

Definitions

  1. Any organic compound having both an amino and a...

Ancestry of “aminophosphine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishaminoRelating to an amine; The amine functional group
2Englishamino-Of amines and of the amino functional group
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 →