-oxy

An ether functional group, consisting of a carbon chain with an intervening oxygen atom at the attachment point.

Suffix

  1. An ether functional group, consisting of a carbon chain with an intervening oxygen atom at the attachment point.

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der.? Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús) Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) French oxygènebor. English oxygen English -oxy From oxygen.