Etymology

alkylguanine

A1L1K5Y4L1G2U1A1N1I1N1E1

Today it means: methylguanine Full definition →

English guanine ← Spanish guano ← Quechua wan
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The story

  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. Quechuawan
  12. Spanishguano
  13. Englishguano
  14. Englishguanine
  15. English todayalkylguanine

From alkyl + guanine.

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