Where does “quinoline” come from?
quinoline (English) comes from English quinine, from French quinine, from Spanish quina, from Latin quina, from Latin quini, from Latin quinque, from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.
quinoline (English): Any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds...
Definitions
- Any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds...
Ancestry of “quinoline”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | quinine | A bitter colourless powder, an alkaloid derived... |
| 2 | French | quinine | quinine |
| 3 | Spanish | quina | quinine; toxic wine; double five |
| 4 | Latin | quina | nominative neuter plural of quīnī; accusative... |
| 5 | Latin | quini | five each; five at a time |
| 6 | Latin | quinque | five; 5 |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kʷenkʷe | five |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pénkʷe | five |
Words derived from “quinoline”
- quinolone
- phenanthroline
- isoquinoline
- hydroxyquinoline
- quinolinic
- aminoquinoline
- pyrroloquinoline
- nitroquinoline
- quinolinium
- oxyquinoline
- quinolinone
- bathophenanthroline
- isoquinolinium
- quinolinyl
- decahydroisoquinoline
- chloroquinoline
- iodoquinoline
- benzoquinoline
- decahydroquinoline
- quinolinemethanol
- hydroxyquinolate
- -quine
- quinolinemethanethiol
- diarylquinoline