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- Englishcefalosporin
- Englishcef-
- Latinfurfur
- Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
- Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
- Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
- Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
- Latinalcohol
- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindē
- Latinde-
- Proto-Indo-European*wed-
- Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
- Proto-Hellenic*údōr
- Ancient Greekῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
- Ancient Greekῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)
- GermanAldehyd
- Englishaldehydeclip.
- Englishfurfural
- Englishfuran
- Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
- Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
- Englishfur(yl)
- Englishoxime
- English todaycefuroxime
From cef- (“cefalosporanic acid derivative”) + fur(yl) + oxime.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.