Where does “olefin” come from?
olefin (English) comes from English olefiant, from French gaz oléfiant, from French -ole, from Latin -olus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
olefin (English): Any of a class of unsaturated open-chain...
Definitions
- Any of a class of unsaturated open-chain...
Ancestry of “olefin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | olefiant | That produces oil |
| 2 | French | gaz oléfiant | — |
| 3 | French | -ole | added to a noun to form a diminutive, or a... |
| 4 | Latin | -olus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming diminutives";... |
| 5 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |