Etymology

anilino-

Today it means: The univalent radical derived from aniline by loss of a nitrogen atom from the -NH₂ group Full definition →

English aniline ← German Anilin ← Portuguese anil
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*neyH-der.?
  2. Sanskritनील॑ (nī́la)
  3. Middle Persian𐭭𐭩𐭫 (nīl)
  4. Arabicنِيل (nīl)
  5. Portugueseanil
  6. GermanAnilin
  7. Englishaniline
  8. English todayanilino-

From aniline + -o-.

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