English Explanatory Dictionary

dehydro-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. Used to form the names of compounds that have lost one or more hydrogen atoms, especially those that have lost even numbers of hydrogen atoms to form double bonds

Word forms

dehydro-

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. English hydro- English dehydro- From de- + hydro-.

Derived words

dehydroamino dehydroasclepin dehydrocalactin dehydrocalotoxin dehydrocalotropin dehydrocorydalmine dehydrorotenoid dehydrouscharidin
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