-ane

Chemistry
1.
a suffix used in names of hydrocarbons of the methane or paraffin series:
propane.
Origin
< Latin -ānus -an
British Dictionary definitions for -ane

-ane

suffix
1.
indicating an alkane hydrocarbon: hexane
Word Origin
coined to replace -ene, -ine, and -one
Word Origin and History for -ane

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.

-ane in Medicine

-ane suff.
A saturated hydrocarbon: hexane.

-ane in Science
-ane  
A suffix used to form the names of saturated hydrocarbons, such as ethane. The suffix is shortened to -an- before other suffixes to indicate compounds derived from saturated hydrocarbons, as in ethanol.