[1930–35; an-1 + neur- + -in2]This word is first recorded in the period 1930–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: acoustic phonetics, boondoggle, hypercorrection, technical foul, videoan- is a prefix occurring before stems beginning with a vowel or h in loanwords from Greek, where it means “not,” “without,” “lacking” (anarchy; anecdote); used in the formation of compound words. Other words that use the affix an- include: anapsid, anarchy, anelasticity, anomalous, anonymous; -in is a noun suffix used in a special manner in chemical and mineralogical nomenclature(glycerin; acetin, etc.). In spelling, usage wavers between -in and -ine. In chemistry a certain distinction of use is attempted, basic substances havingthe termination -ine rather than -in (aconitine; aniline, etc.), and -in being restricted to certain neutral compounds, glycerides, glucosides, and proteids(albumin; palmitin, etc.), but this distinction is not always observed
Aneurin in American English
(əˈnairɪn)
noun
a male given name
Examples of 'aneurin' in a sentence
aneurin
The presence of aneurin was detected in both extracts.
Gilberto G. Villela 1939, 'Estudos sobrea determinação da vitamina B¹ (aneurina, tiamina) na herva mate Studieson the determination of vitamin B (aneurin, thiamin) in the « tea » of Paraguay (yerbamate)', Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761939000200006. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)