Etymology

alkoxyaluminum

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Today it means: Any aluminium radical containing one or more alkoxy group e.g. (R-O)₂Al- Full definition →

English aluminum ← French oxygène ← Ancient Greek γένος (génos)
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  1. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  2. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  3. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  4. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  5. Medieval Latinalcoho
  6. Middle Englishalcofol
  7. Englishalcohol
  8. Englishalk-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-der.?
  10. Ancient Greekὀξύς (oxús)
  11. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
  13. Proto-Hellenic*génos
  14. Ancient Greekγένος (génos)
  15. Frenchoxygène
  16. Englishoxygen
  17. Englishalkoxy
  18. Englishaluminum
  19. English todayalkoxyaluminum

From alkoxy + aluminum.

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