Where does “etanol” come from?

etanol (Indonesian) comes from Dutch ethanol, from Dutch ethaan, from Dutch aan, from Middle Dutch āne, from Old Dutch āna, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an, from Proto-Germanic ana — on, onto.

etanol (Indonesian): ethanol: a simple aliphatic alcohol formally derived from ethane by replacing one hydrogen atom with a hydroxyl group: CH3-CH2-OH

Definitions

  1. ethanol: a simple aliphatic alcohol formally derived from ethane by replacing one hydrogen atom with a hydroxyl group: CH3-CH2-OH

Ancestry of “etanol”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchethanolethanol
2Dutchethaanethane
3Dutchaanon; to; on, being operative
4Middle Dutchāneon, on top of
5Old Dutchāna—
6Proto-West Germanicanaon
7Proto-Germanic*an—
8Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- →