Etymograph

English

iceane

From ice + -ane, from its shape; proposed by Louis Fieser.

Formed from ice + -ane

Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH- ‘ice’

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Proto-Germanic *īsą

Proto-West Germanic *īs

Old English īs

Middle English hyse

English ice

Today it means

noun A saturated hydrocarbon variant of adamantane, its structure resembling a cage formed by three fused boat cyclohexanes.

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

Etymograph / iceane