Etymograph

English

macrolactone

Macrolactone comes from English lactone.

  1. English1500–presentlactone
  2. Englishtodaymacrolactone

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. English1500–presentlactone
  2. Englishtodaymacrolactone

A compound of macro- + lactone

Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- ‘to increase’

Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós ‘lean, meager’

Proto-Hellenic *makrós

Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’

English macro-

Latin lac ‘milk’

German Keton ‘ketone’

English ketone

English lactone

Linked words

through English lactone

spironolactone, 8 more

Today it means

noun Any macrocyclic lactone

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

Etymograph / English lactone / macrolactone

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