Etymology

biaryl

B3I1A1R1Y4L1

Today it means: Any compound containing a substructure that is an assembly of two aromatic rings or aryl groups, if joined by a single bond. Full definition →

English aryl ← Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē) ← Old French aromatique
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  3. Proto-Italic*dwi-
  4. Latinbi-
  5. Englishbi-
  6. Late Latinarōmaticus
  7. Old Frencharomatique
  8. Englisharomatic
  9. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  10. Englisharyl
  11. English todaybiaryl

From bi- + aryl.

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