Etymograph

English

heptamethoxyflavone

From hepta- + methoxy + flavone.

Formed from hepta- + methoxy + flavone

Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ ‘seven’

Proto-Hellenic *heptə́ ‘seven’

Ancient Greek ἑπτά ‘seven’

English hepta-

Latin flāvus ‘yellow’

German Keton ‘ketone’

English ketone

English flavone

Today it means

noun Any hepta-methoxy derivative of flavone, but especially 3,5,6,7,8,3',4'-heptamethoxyflavone, a citrus flavonoid that has biochemical activity in the brain

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

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