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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

  1. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to methanoic acid or its derivatives; having the group HCOO-.

Deriveds

methanoic anhydride · methanoic acid · methanoate

Relateds

methyl · methane · methano-

Synonyms

formic

Translations (3)

cy methanöig (Translations) · it metanoico (Translations) · fr méthanoïque (Translations)