Etymology

-ole

Today it means: in the Hantzsch–Widman nomenclature for naming heterocycles, denotes an unsaturated five-membered ring system with nitrogen Full definition →

Latin oleum
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-ole · suffix1

  1. Latin · derived fromoleum“oil”
  2. English today-ole

Partly arbitrary variant of -ol (now used to distinguish between specific cases) and partly from Latin oleum (“oil”).

-ole · suffix2

From Latin -olus, from -lus.

Words from the same roots

Latinoleum all →

oiloleumcardolcosmolineerythroleic acidleucoline-ol-olaoleiferousoleo-oleosaccharumphenetolpinacolinrhigolenesalicylolserolinsinapoline

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