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Where does “formamidine” come from?

formamidine (English) comes from English formic, from French formique, from French -ique, from Middle French -ique, from Old French -ique, from Latin -icus, from Proto-Italic *-ikos.

formamidine (English): The compound NH=CH-NH that is the amidine of...

Definitions

  1. The compound NH=CH-NH that is the amidine of...

Ancestry of “formamidine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishformicOf or pertaining to ants; Of, pertaining to or...
2Frenchformiqueformic
3French-iqueUsed to form adjectives from nouns: -ic, -ical,...
4Middle French-ique—
5Old French-ique-ic
6Latin-icusbelonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;...
7Proto-Italic*-ikos—
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