Where does “triethoxy” come from?

triethoxy (English) comes from English tri, from Proto-Indo-European tréyes — three.

triethoxy (English): Three ethoxy groups in a compound

Definitions

  1. Three ethoxy groups in a compound

Ancestry of “triethoxy”, step by step

triethoxy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English tri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtritriathlon; triangle
2Proto-Indo-Europeantréyesthree

via English ethoxy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishethoxyThe univalent radical CHCHO- derived from...
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