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barrelene

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Old French barilbor. Middle English barel English barrel French -ènebor. English -ene English barrelene From barrel + -ene, from the resemblance to a barrel, with the staves being three ethylene units attached to two methine groups.

  1. derived from *bʰer-✻ — “to carry, transport”
  2. derived from *barilaz✻
  3. derived from *𐌱𐌴𐍂𐌹𐌻𐍃✻ — “container for transport”
  4. derived from *baril✻
  5. derived from baril
  6. derived from baril
  7. inherited from barel
  8. suffixed as barrelene — “barrel + ene”

Definitions

  1. The bicyclic organic compound bicyclo[2.2.2]octa-2,5,7-triene

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA