benzofuran

The story

1. Arabicلُبَان (lubān)
2. Proto-Indo-European*yew-
3. Proto-Indo-European*yéwos
4. Proto-Indo-Iranian*yáwas
5. Sanskritयव (yava)bor.?
6. Proto-Austronesian*zawa
7. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zawader.?
8. Old Javanesejawa
9. Old JavaneseJawi
10. Javaneseꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)
11. Arabicجَاوَة (jāwa)
12. Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
13. Arabicجَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
14. Arabicلُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)
15. Catalanbenjuí
16. Middle Frenchbenjoin
17. Englishbenzoin
18. Englishbenzo-
19. Latinfurfur
20. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
21. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
22. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
23. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
24. Latinalcohol
25. Proto-Indo-European*de
26. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
27. Proto-Italic*dē
28. Latindē
29. Latinde-
30. Proto-Indo-European*wed-
31. Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
32. Proto-Hellenic*údōr
33. Ancient Greekῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
34. Ancient Greekῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)
35. GermanAldehyd
36. Englishaldehydeclip.
37. Englishfurfural
38. Englishfuran
39. English todaybenzofuran

From benzo- + furan.