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Where does “phenylketone” come from?

phenylketone (English) comes from English ketone, from German Keton, from German Aketon, from French acétone, from Latin acētum, from French -ate, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos.

phenylketone (English): Any phenyl ketone CHCO-R

Definitions

  1. Any phenyl ketone CHCO-R

Ancestry of “phenylketone”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishketoneA homologous series of organic molecules whose...
2GermanKetonketone
3GermanAketonacetone
4Frenchacétoneacetone
5Latinacētum—
6French-ate-ate
7Latin-ātus—
8Proto-Italic-ātos—
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—

Words derived from “phenylketone”

  • phenylketonuria
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →