Etymology

cinnamyl

C3I1N1N1A1M3Y4L1

Today it means: The univalent radical C₆H₅-CH=CH-CH₂- characteristic of cinnamic compounds Full definition →

Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē) ← Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? ← English cinnamic
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Englishcinnamon
  2. Englishcinnamic
  3. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  4. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  5. English todaycinnamyl

From cinnamic + -yl.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.