Where does “dimethylbenzylamine” come from?

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

dimethylbenzylamine (English): An organic compound with the chemical formula...

Definitions

  1. An organic compound with the chemical formula...

Ancestry of “dimethylbenzylamine”, step by step

dimethylbenzylamine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English benzylamine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbenzylamineThe aromatic primary amine CH-CH-NH or its...
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 dimethyl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdimethylTwo methyl 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 -éh₂Every word from English -ineEvery word from French -ine