Etymology

benzoinated

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Today it means: Containing or impregnated with benzoin Full definition →

English benzoin ← Middle French benjoin ← Catalan benjuí
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The story

  1. Arabicلُبَان (lubān)
  2. Arabicجَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
  3. Arabicلُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)
  4. Catalanbenjuí
  5. Middle Frenchbenjoin
  6. Englishbenzoin
  7. English todaybenzoinated

From benzoin + -ated.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.