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Original entry ↗prefix
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryUsed as a combining form to denote the presence of 2 carbon atoms in the parent chain when forming names of organic compounds.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ-der. Proto-Hellenic *áitʰō Ancient Greek αἴθω (aíthō) ▲ Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)influ.? Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr)der. Latin aethērbor. German Äther German Ether Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. German -yl German Ethylbor. English ethyl English eth- From ethyl. Ultimately from Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr, “ether”).
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- Derivation mentionαἰθήρgrc · ether
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