Where does “pentamethylenediamine” come from?

pentamethylenediamine (English) comes from English diamine, from English amine, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a.

pentamethylenediamine (English): Cadaverine

Definitions

  1. Cadaverine

Ancestry of “pentamethylenediamine”, step by step

pentamethylenediamine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English diamine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdiamineAny compound containing two amino functional...
2EnglishamineA functional group formally derived from ammonia...
3English-ineOf or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;...
4French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
5Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
6Middle Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
7Old Frenchused to form past participles of regular -er...
8Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
9Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
10Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

via English methylene

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmethyleneThe divalent radical CH< in which the free...
2Frenchméthylènemethylene
3Ancient Greekμέθυwine
4Proto-Hellenicmétʰuintoxicating drink; mead
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmédʰuhoney; honey wine, mead
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from English -ineEvery word from French -ine