Where does “indolequinone” come from?

indolequinone (English) comes from English quinone, from English quinic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine — in.

indolequinone (English): Any of a class of molecules based upon an indole...

Definitions

  1. Any of a class of molecules based upon an indole...

Ancestry of “indolequinone”, step by step

indolequinone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English quinone

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-un-, non-, not
12Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
13Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
14Proto-Italicenin
15Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English indole

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishindoleAn organic compound, CHN, found in coal tar, and...
2Latinoleumolive oil; the palaestra
3Ancient Greekἔλαιονolive oil, commonly used as an anointing oil; any...
4Ancient Greekἐλαίαolive tree; olive; naevus
5Proto-Hellenicelaíwā
6Proto-Indo-Europeanloiwom
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en