Where does “diethylenediamine” come from?

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

diethylenediamine (English): piperazine

Definitions

  1. piperazine

Ancestry of “diethylenediamine”, step by step

diethylenediamine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English diamine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdiamineAny compound containing two amino functional...
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-épast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
7Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
8Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
9Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
10Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

via English diethylene

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdiethyleneTwo ethylene groups in a molecule
2Englishdi-API; two, twice, or double; Alternative form of...
3Latindī-Two, double; di
4Ancient Greekδί-Twice, double
5Ancient Greekδιάthroughout
6Proto-Indo-Europeandwístwice, doubly; in two
7Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from English -ine →Every word from French -ine →