Etymology

alkylurea

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Today it means: Any aliphatic derivative of urea Full definition →

English urea ← French urée ← Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron)
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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. Proto-Indo-European*h₁wers-
  12. Ancient Greekοὐρέω (ouréō)
  13. Ancient Greekοὖρον (oûron)
  14. Frenchurée
  15. Englishurea
  16. English todayalkylurea

From alkyl + urea.

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