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Where does “methylene” come from?

Methylene comes from French méthylène, derived from Ancient Greek μέθυ meaning "wine," from Proto-Hellenic métʰu, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European médʰu meaning "honey" or "sweet drink."

methylene (English): The divalent radical CH< in which the free...

Definitions

  1. The divalent radical CH< in which the free...

Ancestry of “methylene”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchméthylènemethylene
2Ancient Greekμέθυwine
3Proto-Hellenicmétʰuintoxicating drink; mead
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmédʰuhoney; honey wine, mead

Words derived from “methylene”

  • methylenetetrahydrofolate
  • trimethylene
  • methylenedioxy
  • tetramethylene
  • polyoxymethylene
  • hexamethylenediamine
  • polymethylene
  • oxymethylene
  • trioxymethylene
  • pentamethylene
  • methylenedioxyphenyl
  • dimethylene
  • methylenic
  • exomethylene
  • methylenediphosphonate
  • octamethylene
  • methylenation
  • pentamethylenediamine
  • methylenedioxyphenol
  • methylenecyclopropane
  • methylenedioxyphenethylamine
  • methylenecyclopentadiene
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