English Explanatory Dictionary

pinacolin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A colourless oily liquid related to the ketones, and obtained by the decomposition of pinacone.
  2. Any of the series of which pinacolin proper is the type.

Word forms

pinacolin pinacolins pinacoline

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek πῐ́νᾰξ (pĭ́năx) German Ketonbor. English ketone English -one English pinacone Proto-Hellenic *élaiwon Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion)der. Latin oleumder. English -ol Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English pinacolin From pinacone + Latin oleum (“oil”) + -in.

Derived words

pivalic
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