English
quinone
From quinic acid + -one, since it is one of the compounds obtained upon oxidation of quinic acid.
Formed from quinic acid + -one
Quechua kina ‘cinchona bark’
English quinic acid
Today it means
noun Any of a class of aromatic compounds having two carbonyl functional groups in the same six-membered ring.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / quinone