Etymology

azonaphthalene

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Today it means: Any azo derivative of naphthalene Full definition →

English naphthalene ← Latin naphtha ← Ancient Greek νάφθα (náphtha)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*gʷih₃wós
  7. Proto-Indo-European*gʷíh₃weti
  8. Proto-Hellenic*gʷyṓw-ō
  9. Proto-Hellenic*d͏̌ṓwō
  10. Ancient Greekζώω (zṓō)
  11. Ancient Greekζῶ (zô)
  12. Ancient Greekζωή (zōḗ)
  13. Frenchazote
  14. Englishazote
  15. Englishazo-
  16. Akkadiannapṭumbor.?
  17. Old Persian*naftah
  18. Ancient Greekνάφθα (náphtha)
  19. Latinnaphtha
  20. Englishnaphth(a)
  21. Englishnaphthalene
  22. English todayazonaphthalene

From azo- + naphthalene.

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