Etymology

bromoalkane

B3R1O1M3O1A1L1K5A1N1E1

Today it means: Any bromo derivative of an alkane Full definition →

English alkane ← German Alkan ← Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekβρῶμος (brômos)
  2. Frenchbrome
  3. Englishbrome
  4. Englishbromine
  5. Englishbromo-
  6. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  7. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  8. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  9. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  10. Medieval Latinalcoho
  11. GermanAlk(ohol)
  12. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  13. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  14. GermanAlkyl
  15. Germanalk-
  16. GermanAlkan
  17. Englishalkane
  18. English todaybromoalkane

From bromo- + alkane.

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