Etymology

alkylzinc

A1L1K5Y4L1Z10I1N1C3

Today it means: Any alkyl organozinc compound Full definition →

English zinc ← German Zink ← Middle High German zinke
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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*h₃ed-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₃dónts
  13. Proto-Germanic*tindaz
  14. Old High Germanzint?
  15. Old High Germanzinko
  16. Middle High Germanzinke
  17. GermanZinke?
  18. GermanZink
  19. Englishzinc
  20. English todayalkylzinc

From alkyl + zinc.

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