Etymograph

English

ketone

Ketone comes from French acétone.

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentacétone
  2. Germanc. 1650–presentKeton
  3. Englishtodayketone

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentacétone
  2. Germanc. 1650–presentKeton
  3. Englishtodayketone

Linked words

through German Keton

progesterone, dione, 9 more

Today it means

noun A homologous series of organic molecules whose functional group is an oxygen atom joined to a carbon atom—by a double bond—in a carbon-hydrogen based molecule.

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Etymograph / French acétone / ketone

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