Etymograph

English

antiaromatic

From anti- + aromatic.

A compound of anti- + aromatic

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti ‘opposite’

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ ‘over against, opposite’

English anti-

Old French aromatique

English aromatic

Today it means

adj Describing a cyclic compound having an even number of alternating single and double bonds, e.g. cyclobutadiene.

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Etymograph / antiaromatic