Etymology

alkylbenzoic

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Today it means: Describing any alkyl substituted derivative of benzoic acid Full definition →

English benzoic ← Middle French benjoin ← Catalan benjuí
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  1. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  2. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  3. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  4. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  5. Medieval Latinalcoho
  6. Middle Englishalcofol
  7. Englishalc(ohol)
  8. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  9. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  10. Englishalkyl
  11. Arabicلُبَان (lubān)
  12. Proto-Indo-European*yew-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*yéwos
  14. Proto-Indo-Iranian*yáwas
  15. Sanskritयव (yava)bor.?
  16. Proto-Austronesian*zawa
  17. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zawader.?
  18. Old Javanesejawa
  19. Old JavaneseJawi
  20. Javaneseꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)
  21. Arabicجَاوَة (jāwa)
  22. Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
  23. Arabicجَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
  24. Arabicلُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)
  25. Catalanbenjuí
  26. Middle Frenchbenjoin
  27. Englishbenzoin
  28. Englishbenzoic
  29. English todayalkylbenzoic

From alkyl + benzoic.

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