The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἔλαιον“olive oil, oil”
- English todayelayl
Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion, “olive oil, oil”) + -yl. So called by Berzelius from its forming an oil combining with chlorine.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἔλαιον all →
oiloleumazelaicelaeodendrosideelaeoliteelæonelaeopteneelaidicelaiodic acidelaiosome-ol
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.