Etymograph

English

desethyl

Desethyl comes from Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη ‘wood’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῡ̔́ληhū́lē‘wood’
  2. Germanc. 1650–presentEthyl
  3. English1500–presentethyl
  4. Englishtodaydesethyl

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῡ̔́ληhū́lē‘wood’
  2. Germanc. 1650–presentEthyl
  3. English1500–presentethyl
  4. Englishtodaydesethyl

A compound of des- + ethyl

Proto-Italic *dis-

English des-

Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη ‘wood’

German Ethyl

English ethyl

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *swel-

swell, swollen, swole, swill, dimethyl, 32 more

through Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη ‘wood’

methyl, isopropyl, phenyl, 20 more

through English ethyl

ethane, diethyl

Today it means

adj From which one or more ethyl groups have been removed

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη / desethyl

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