Etymograph

English

hydromethylation

From hydro- + methylation.

Formed from hydro- + methylation

Proto-Indo-European *wed- ‘water’

Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ ‘water’

Proto-Hellenic *údōr ‘water’

Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ ‘water’

English hydro-

Today it means

noun A class of reactions in which a hydrogen atom and a methyl group are added to the double bond of an alkene to form a branched alkane

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