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Where does “hemiaminal” come from?

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

hemiaminal (English): Any organic compound having both an amino and a...

Definitions

  1. Any organic compound having both an amino and a...

Ancestry of “hemiaminal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishaminalAny organic compound having 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-é—
7Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
8Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
9Proto-Italic-ā—
10Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “hemiaminal”

  • thiohemiaminal
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →