Etymology

bromophenyl

B3R1O1M3O1P3H4E1N1Y4L1

Today it means: The univalent radical derived from bromobenzene by loss of a hydrogen atom Full definition →

English phenyl ← French phényle ← Ancient Greek βρῶμος (brômos)
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekβρῶμος (brômos)
  2. Frenchbrome
  3. Englishbrome
  4. Englishbromine
  5. Englishbromo-
  6. Frenchphényle
  7. Englishphenyl
  8. English todaybromophenyl

From bromo- + phenyl.

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