The story
- Ancient Greekβρῶμος (brômos)
- Frenchbrome
- Englishbrome
- Englishbromine
- Englishbromo-
- Englishbutane
- English todaybromobutane
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
bromobutane
Today it means: Any of several brominated derivatives of butane that are used, via Grignard reagents, in organic synthesis Full definition →
English butane ← French brome ← Ancient Greek βρῶμος (brômos)