Etymograph

English

hydrocracking

From hydro- + cracking.

A compound of hydro- + cracking

Proto-Indo-European *wed- ‘water’

Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ ‘water’

Proto-Hellenic *údōr ‘water’

Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ ‘water’

English hydro-

Middle English craken

Middle English crakynge

English cracking

Today it means

noun The production of high-octane petroleum fuel and kerosene by hydrogenating large or complex hydrocarbons and then cracking them.

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