Etymology

alkylmetal

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Today it means: Any aliphatic organometallic compound. Full definition →

English metal ← Middle English metal ← Old French meta
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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. Ancient Greekμέταλλον (métallon)
  12. Latinmetallum
  13. Old Frenchmeta
  14. Middle Englishmetal
  15. Englishmetal
  16. English todayalkylmetal

From alkyl + metal.

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