Where does “organochalcogen” come from?

organochalcogen (English) comes from English chalcogen, from English Gen, from English again, from Middle English agayn, from Old English onġēan, from Old English on-, from Old English and-, from Proto-West Germanic anda- — on, onto.

organochalcogen (English): A chemical compound or functional group containing carbon atom and group 16/chalcogen atoms, but not necessarily exclusively, which are also organic compound. (ie. carbon dioxide, amongst others, is inorganic, thus not an organochalogen)

Definitions

  1. A chemical compound or functional group containing carbon atom and group 16/chalcogen atoms, but not necessarily exclusively, which are also organic compound. (ie. carbon dioxide, amongst others, is inorganic, thus not an organochalogen)

Ancestry of “organochalcogen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishchalcogenAny element of group 16 of the periodic table:...
2EnglishGenA member of the Gen Movement, a youth expression...
3EnglishagainAnother time; once more; Over and above a factor...
4Middle Englishagaynagain
5Old Englishonġēanopposite
6Old Englishon-forming verbs and adjectives from participles and...
7Old Englishand-against, opposing; in return, back; facing,...
8Proto-West Germanicanda-against, opposing; in return, back; facing,...
9Proto-Germanicanda-against, opposing; un-, de-
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éntiopposite; near; in front
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éntsforehead; front
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ent-face; forehead; front
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en-
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