-etinsuffix

Primary stress is usually attracted to the syllable immediately preceding this suffix.

Forms: 1800s– -etin, 1800s– -etine.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymon: saliretin n.

Etymology: < -etin (in saliretin n.), after French -étine (apparently first used by J.-S. Stas in phlorétine phloretin n.). Compare -in suffix¹, -ine suffix⁵.Earliest in phloretin n., modelled on French phlorétine. New formations within English are found from the mid 19th cent.

Chemistry.

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Forming the names of organic compounds which are aglycones, usually by replacing -in in the name of a glycoside from which the aglycone is obtained, as fraxetin, helleboretin, phloretin, quercetin.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	-etin
释义	-etinsuffix Primary stress is usually attracted to the syllable immediately preceding this suffix. Forms: 1800s– -etin, 1800s– -etine. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymon: saliretin n. Etymology: < -etin (in saliretin n.), after French -étine (apparently first used by J.-S. Stas in phlorétine phloretin n.). Compare -in suffix¹, -ine suffix⁵.Earliest in phloretin n., modelled on French phlorétine. New formations within English are found from the mid 19th cent. Chemistry. Categories » Forming the names of organic compounds which are aglycones, usually by replacing -in in the name of a glycoside from which the aglycone is obtained, as fraxetin, helleboretin, phloretin, quercetin. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < suffix
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