Where does “diimine” come from?

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

diimine (English): Any compound having two imine functional groups

Definitions

  1. Any compound having two imine functional groups

Ancestry of “diimine”, step by step

diimine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English imine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishimineAny of a class of organic nitrogen compounds...
2EnglishamineA functional group formally derived from ammonia...
3English-ineOf or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;...
4French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
5Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
6Middle Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
7Old Frenchused to form past participles of regular -er...
8Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
9Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
10Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

via English Di

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishDi
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from English -ineEvery word from French -ine
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