etherify

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ-der.

Proto-Hellenic *áitʰō

Ancient Greek αἴθω (aíthō)

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Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)influ.?

Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr)der.

Latin aethērder.

English ether

Latin -i-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *θakos

Proto-Italic *-fakos

Latin -ficus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin -ficō

Latin -ificāreder.

Old French -ifierbor.

Middle English -ifien

English -ify

English etherify

From ether + -ify.

Verb

etherify (third-person singular simple present etherifies, present participle etherifying, simple past and past participle etherified)

1. (organic chemistry) To convert (an alcohol etc.) into an ether.

Translations

to convert into an ether

• Finnish: eetteröidä