Etymology

anilinium

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Today it means: The cation formed by protonating the amino group of aniline Full definition →

English aniline ← German Anilin ← Portuguese anil
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The story

  1. Sanskritनील॑ (nī́la)
  2. Middle Persian𐭭𐭩𐭫 (nīl)
  3. Arabicنِيل (nīl)
  4. Portugueseanil
  5. GermanAnilin
  6. Englishaniline
  7. English todayanilinium

From aniline + -ium.

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