Where does “quinoxalinedione” come from?

quinoxalinedione (English) comes from English Dione, from English -one, from English ketone, from German Keton, from German Aketon, from French acétone, from Latin acētum, from French -ate — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

quinoxalinedione (English): An organic compound with the formula CH; Any of a...

Definitions

  1. An organic compound with the formula CH; Any of a...

Ancestry of “quinoxalinedione”, step by step

quinoxalinedione traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Dione

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishDioneMother of Aphrodite, and possibly the same as the goddess Rhea
2English-onea ketone; any similar compound containing a...
3EnglishketoneA homologous series of organic molecules whose...
4GermanKetonketone
5GermanAketonacetone
6Frenchacétoneacetone
7Latinacētumvinegar
8French-ateate
9Latin-ātused
10Proto-Italic-ātos
11Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

via English quinoxaline

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishquinoxalineA bicyclic heterocycle consisting of a benzene...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tosEvery word from Latin -ātusEvery word from French -ate