Morpheme
-ene
Type
suffix
Denotation
(1) chemical suffix naming an unsaturated hydrocarbon having at least one double bond; (2) chemical suffix naming an aromatic hydrocarbon based on benzene; (3) chemical suffix naming a polymer derived from an alkene
Etymology
French -ène; Ancient Greek -ēnós
Evidence
acetylene, alkene, alkenyl, barrelene, benzene, butene, butenoate, butenoic, butenol, butylene, carotene, cyclopropene, decene, eicosene, elaeoptene, -enoic, -enyl, ethene, ethylene, graphene, heptene, hexadecene, hexene, kerosene, lycopene, methene, methylene, molybdenyl, nonadecene, nonene, octadecene, octene, pentadecene, pentene, phosphene, polystyrene, propene, propylene, pyrene, stearoptene, styrene, terpene, tetradecene, tridecene, tritriacontene, undecene, xanthene, xylene
