English
pinane
Pinane comes from Latin pinus ‘pine tree’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpinus‘pine tree’
- Englishtodaypinane
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpinus‘pine tree’
- Englishtodaypinane
Formed from pine + -ane
Latin pīnus ‘pine tree, fir tree’
Proto-West Germanic *pīnā ‘pine tree’
Old English *pīne
Middle English pyne
English pine
Linked words
through Proto-Italic *pīnos
through Latin pinus ‘pine tree’
Today it means
noun The saturated bicyclic hydrocarbon 2,6,6-trimethyl-, (1a,2b,5a)-bicyclo[3.1.1]heptane made by the hydrogenation of pinene
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin pinus / pinane