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English word origin

Etymology of -ene

Borrowed from Latin -ēnus, from Ancient Greek -ηνός (-ēnós), forming adjectives from place names.

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
suffix

Forms adjectives relating to places and nouns for their inhabitants. · Forms adjectives and nouns denoting religious groups from personal names.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Borrowed from Latin -ēnus, from Ancient Greek -ηνός (-ēnós), forming adjectives from place names.

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
suffix

An unsaturated hydrocarbon having at least one double bond; an alkene. · An aromatic hydrocarbon based on benzene. · A polymer derived from an alkene.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Borrowed from French -ène, chosen by French chemist Jean-Baptiste Dumas to avoid confusion with chemicals in -ine.

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Source etymology 3

Original entry ↗
suffix

A single-atom thick two-dimensional layer of atoms.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Derived from graphene, expressing its monolayer characteristic.

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