English Explanatory Dictionary

vinylogous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, pertaining to or containing a vinyl group, specifically used to describe functional groups in which the standard moieties of the group are separated by a carbon–carbon double bond.
  2. Describing a homologue of a vinyl compound

Word forms

vinylogous

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y-? Proto-Indo-European *-ō? Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁ō Proto-Italic *wīnom Latin vīnum Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English vinyl Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Hellenic *homós Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Ancient Greek -λογος (-logos) Ancient Greek ὁμόλογος (homólogos)der. Late Latin homologusder. English homologous blend English vinylogous Blend of vinyl + homologous.

Derived words

vinylog vinylogue vinylogy
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