Where does “diyne” come from?

diyne (English) comes from English -yne, from English -ylene — used to form the names of bivalent radicals.

diyne (English): Any compound having two acetylene groups

Definitions

  1. Any compound having two acetylene groups

Ancestry of “diyne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-yneAn unsaturated hydrocarbon having at least one...
2English-yleneused to form the names of bivalent radicals
Every word from English -ylene →Every word from English -yne →
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