word-forming element in chemical use, indicating a chain of carbon atoms with no double bonds, proposed 1866 by German chemist August Wilhelm von Hofmann (1818-1892) to go with -ene, -ine (2), -one.
andron
androphagous
androphobia
Andy
*ane-
-ane
anear
anecdotage
anecdotal
anecdote
anechoic