Etymology

diaryl

D2I1A1R1Y4L1

Today it means: Two aryl groups in a compound Full definition →

English aryl ← Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē) ← Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.?
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
  4. Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
  5. Latindi-
  6. Englishdi-
  7. Ancient Greekἄρωμα (árōma)
  8. Ancient Greekἀρωματικός (arōmatikós)
  9. Late Latinarōmaticus
  10. Old Frencharomatique
  11. Englisharomatic
  12. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  13. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  14. Englisharyl
  15. English todaydiaryl

From di- + aryl.

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