Etymology

alkanesulfonate

A1L1K5A1N1E1S1U1L1F4O1N1A1T1E1

Today it means: The salt or ester of an alkyl sulfonic acid Full definition →

English sulfonate ← German Alkan ← Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
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The story

  1. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  2. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  3. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  4. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  5. Medieval Latinalcoho
  6. GermanAlk(ohol)
  7. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  8. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  9. GermanAlkyl
  10. Germanalk-
  11. GermanAlkan
  12. Englishalkane
  13. Englishsulfonate
  14. English todayalkanesulfonate

From alkane + sulfonate.

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