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English word ketone comes from Latin aceo, Latin acere, and later Latin acetum ((figuratively) wit, shrewdness. Vinegar.)
aceo (Latin)
(figuratively, Late Latin) I am disagreeable.. (of wine) I am sour.
acere (Latin)
acetum (Latin)
(figuratively) wit, shrewdness. Vinegar.
acétone (French)
(organic compound) acetone.
Aketon (German)
Keton (German)
(organic chemistry) ketone.
ketone (English)
(organic compound) A homologous series of organic molecules whose functional group is an oxygen atom joined to a carbon atom—by a double bond—in a carbon-hydrogen based molecule.