Where does “trimethylamine” come from?

trimethylamine (English) comes from English amine, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā.

trimethylamine (English): The tertiary amine N; a colourless gas with a...

Definitions

  1. The tertiary amine N; a colourless gas with a...

Ancestry of “trimethylamine”, step by step

trimethylamine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English amine

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

via English trimethyl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtrimethylThree methyl groups in a molecule
2EnglishmethylThe univalent hydrocarbon radical, CH-, formally...
3GermanMethylmethyl
4Ancient Greekμέθυwine
5Proto-Hellenicmétʰuintoxicating drink; mead
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmédʰuhoney; honey wine, mead

Words derived from “trimethylamine”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from English -ine →Every word from French -ine →