Etymology

cyclobenzannulation

Today it means: The formation or expansion of a ring by the introduction of one or more fused benzene rings. Full definition →

English benzannulation ← Latin annulātus ← Proto-Italic *ānos
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷékʷlos
  3. Proto-Hellenic*kʷókʷlos
  4. Proto-Hellenic*kúklos
  5. Ancient Greekκύκλος (kúklos)
  6. Late Latincyclus
  7. Middle Englishcicle
  8. Englishcycle
  9. Ancient Greekκύκλος (kúklos)
  10. Ancient Greekκυκλῐκός (kuklĭkós)
  11. Classical Latincyclicu
  12. Middle Frenchcyclique
  13. Frenchcyclique
  14. Classical Latincyclicus
  15. Englishcyclic
  16. Englishcyclo-
  17. Arabicلُبَان (lubān)
  18. Proto-Indo-European*yew-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*yéwos
  20. Proto-Indo-Iranian*yáwas
  21. Sanskritयव (yava)bor.?
  22. Proto-Austronesian*zawa
  23. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zawader.?
  24. Old Javanesejawa
  25. Old JavaneseJawi
  26. Javaneseꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)
  27. Arabicجَاوَة (jāwa)
  28. Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
  29. Arabicجَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
  30. Arabicلُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)
  31. Catalanbenjuí
  32. Middle Frenchbenjoin
  33. Englishbenzoin
  34. Englishbenzo-
  35. Englishbenz-
  36. Proto-Indo-European*h₁eh₂nos
  37. Proto-Italic*ānos
  38. Latinānus
  39. Latinānulus
  40. Latinānulātus
  41. Latinannulātus
  42. Englishannulation
  43. Englishbenzannulation
  44. English todaycyclobenzannulation

From cyclo- + benzannulation.

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