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Where does “diaminonaphthalene” come from?

diaminonaphthalene (English) comes from English diamino, from English amino, from English amino-, from English amine, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é.

diaminonaphthalene (English): Any of several isomeric diamino derivatives of...

Definitions

  1. Any of several isomeric diamino derivatives of...

Ancestry of “diaminonaphthalene”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdiaminoTwo amino groups in a molecule
2EnglishaminoRelating to an amine; The amine functional group
3Englishamino-Of amines and of the amino functional group
4EnglishamineA functional group formally derived from ammonia...
5English-ineOf or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;...
6French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
7French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
8Middle French-é—
9Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
10Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
11Proto-Italic-ā—
12Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →