cycloalkene etymology

English word cycloalkene comes from English cyclo-, English alkene

Detailed word origin of cycloalkene

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
cyclo- English (eng) (chemistry) a cyclic compound. (meteorology) cyclone. Circle. Cycle.
alkene English (eng) (organic compound) An unsaturated, aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds.
cycloalkene English (eng) (organic chemistry) Any unsaturated alicyclic hydrocarbon.

Words with the same origin as cycloalkene

Descendants of cyclo-
bombogenesis cycloallyl cyclocondensation cyclodehydrogenation cyclogenesis cyclohexaphane cyclohexylallene cyclohexylbenzene cycloid cyclolysis cyclomaltodextrin cyclomaltohexaose cyclomancy cyclometallation cyclonaphthylene cyclopentapeptide cyclopolymerization cyclopyrrolone cyclostratigraphy cyclotorsion cyclotron hexamethylcyclotrisiloxane methylenecyclopropane tetracyclo
Descendants of alkene
-enyl alkenyl enyl