English

iodohydrin

From iodo- + hydro- + -in.

A compound of iodo- + hydro- + -in

Proto-Hellenic *wion

Ancient Greek ἴον ‘violet, namely sweet violet’

Ancient Greek ἰοειδής ‘violet’

English iodo-

Proto-Indo-European *wed- ‘water’

Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ ‘water’

Proto-Hellenic *údōr ‘water’

Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ ‘water’

Today it means

noun Any halohydrin in which the halogen is iodine.

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

Etymograph / iodohydrin