Where does “diacetylenic” come from?

diacetylenic (English) comes from English acetylenic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine, from Latin imāginem — in.

diacetylenic (English): Relating to diacetylene or its derivatives; having two carbon-to-carbon triple bonds

Definitions

  1. Relating to diacetylene or its derivatives; having two carbon-to-carbon triple bonds

Ancestry of “diacetylenic”, step by step

diacetylenic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English acetylenic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishacetylenicOf or pertaining to acetylene or its derivatives;...
2English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
3EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
4Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
5Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
6Spanishimagenimage
7Italianimmagineimage; imago
8Latinimāginem
9Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
10Latinīn-un-, non-, not
11Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
12Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
13Proto-Italicenin
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English Di

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishDi
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én
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