Where does “methane” come from?
Methane derives from English methyl, from Ancient Greek méthу meaning "wine," plus the English suffix -an, with the base ultimately from Proto-Indo-European médʰu meaning "honey" or "sweet drink."
methane (English): The simplest aliphatic hydrocarbon, CH₄, being a...
Definitions
- The simplest aliphatic hydrocarbon, CH₄, being a...
Ancestry of “methane”, step by step
Words derived from “methane”
- methanol
- dichloromethane
- methanogenesis
- nitromethane
- methanolic
- methanolysis
- methanation
- aminomethane
- methanogen
- methanethiol
- tetrachloromethane
- triphenylmethane
- chloromethane
- diphenylmethane
- methanoic
- trihalomethane
- iodomethane
- nonmethane
- bromodichloromethane
- dichlorodifluoromethane
- biomethane
- biomethanation
- bromomethane
- diiodomethane