Etymology

bromothymol

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Today it means: A brominated derivative of thymol that is formally part of the structure of the dye bromothymol blue Full definition →

English thymol ← French brome ← Ancient Greek βρῶμος (brômos)
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  1. Ancient Greekβρῶμος (brômos)
  2. Frenchbrome
  3. Englishbrome
  4. Englishbromine
  5. Englishbromo-
  6. Englishthymol
  7. English todaybromothymol

From bromo- + thymol.

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