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Where does “zwiebelane” come from?

zwiebelane (English) comes from German Zwiebel, from Middle High German zwîbel, from Old High German zwibollo, from Latin cēpulla, from Latin -ulus — Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...

zwiebelane (English): Any of a series of 1,3-dithietane compounds...

Definitions

  1. Any of a series of 1,3-dithietane compounds...

Ancestry of “zwiebelane”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZwiebelonion; bulb
2Middle High Germanzwîbel—
3Old High Germanzwibolloonion
4Latincēpulla—
5Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
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