Ethylene, Daughter of Ethyl

Factoid for the day:

In the mid-19th century, the suffix -ene (an Ancient Greek root added to the end of female names meaning "daughter of") was widely used to refer to a molecule or part thereof that contained one fewer hydrogen atoms than the molecule being modified. Thus, ethylene (C₂H₄) was the "daughter of ethyl" (C₂H₅). The name ethylene was used in this sense as early as 1852. Wiki link

I could blog all day about ethylene, but that factoid was something I didn't know until today. Ethyl has lots of sisters too like Propyl, Butyl (one of the But-sisters), and Pentyl, etc.

Ethylene is ready for her close-up now: