methanoic en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *médʰu Proto-Hellenic *métʰu Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu) Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. German -yl German Methylbor. English methyl Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānusder. English -ane English methane English -oic English methanoic From methane + -oic.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to methanoic acid or its derivatives; having the group HCOO-.
Deriveds
methanoic anhydride · methanoic acid · methanoate
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Translations (3)
cy methanöig (Translations) · it metanoico (Translations) · fr méthanoïque (Translations)