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Where does “hydroquinone” come from?

Hydroquinone derives from English hydro- and quinone, with hydro- from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ meaning water, traced through Proto-Indo-European wódr̥ to the root wed-.

hydroquinone (English): The diphenol para-dihydroxy benzene, used as a...

Definitions

  1. The diphenol para-dihydroxy benzene, used as a...

Ancestry of “hydroquinone”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishquinoneAny of a class of aromatic compounds having two...
2EnglishquinicOf, pertaining to, or derived from quinine
3English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
4EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
5Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
6Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
7Spanishimagenimage
8Italianimmagineimage; imago
9Latinimāginem—
10Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
11Latinīn-—
12Latinîn—
13Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
14Proto-Italicenin
15Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “hydroquinone”

  • TBHQ
  • quinizarin
  • benzohydroquinone
  • xylohydroquinone
  • anilinohydroquinone
  • iodohydroquinone
  • tert-butylhydroquinone
  • tertiary butylhydroquinone
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