Where does “hexamethylenediamine” come from?

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

hexamethylenediamine (English): A compound with chemical formula HNNH, a...

Definitions

  1. A compound with chemical formula HNNH, a...

Ancestry of “hexamethylenediamine”, step by step

hexamethylenediamine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English diamine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdiamineAny compound containing 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-épast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
7Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
8Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
9Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
10Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

via English methylene

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmethyleneThe divalent radical CH< in which the free...
2Frenchméthylènemethylene
3Ancient Greekμέθυwine
4Proto-Hellenicmétʰuintoxicating drink; mead
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmédʰuhoney; honey wine, mead
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from English -ine →Every word from French -ine →