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Where does “benzoflavone” come from?

benzoflavone (English) comes from English flavone, from English -one, from English ketone, from German Keton, from German Aketon, from French acétone, from Latin acētum, from French -ate.

benzoflavone (English): Any compound whose structure is that of a flavone...

Definitions

  1. Any compound whose structure is that of a flavone...

Ancestry of “benzoflavone”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishflavoneany of a class of tricyclic aromatic heterocyclic...
2English-onea ketone; any similar compound containing a...
3EnglishketoneA homologous series of organic molecules whose...
4GermanKetonketone
5GermanAketonacetone
6Frenchacétoneacetone
7Latinacētum—
8French-ate-ate
9Latin-ātus—
10Proto-Italic-ātos—
11Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →