Where does “hydrogenation” come from?
Hydrogenation derives from French hydrogène, combining Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (water) and δεύτερος (second), with the suffix -atio from Latin -are (to do or make), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- (to beget or produce).
hydrogenation (English): The chemical reaction of hydrogen with another...
Definitions
- The chemical reaction of hydrogen with another...
Ancestry of “hydrogenation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | -ation | An action or process; The result of an action or... |
| 2 | Middle English | -acioun | Forms nouns denoting an action, act, or doing,... |
| 3 | Old French | -ation | ation |
| 4 | Latin | -ātiō | — |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
Words derived from “hydrogenation”
- dehydrogenation
- nitrofurantoin
- hydantoin
- biohydrogenation
- rehydrogenation
- cyclodehydrogenation
- phenylthiohydantoin
- thiohydantoin
- hydantoic
- spirohydantoin
- transhydrogenation
- benzylhydantoin
- photodehydrogenation
- -toin
- dantrolene
- diphenylhydantoin
- photocyclodehydrogenation
- clodantoin
- hydantoinase
- phenytoin
- nifurtoinol
- нитрофурантоин
- ethotoin
- doxenitoin