Etymology

iodoxybenzoic

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Today it means: of or pertaining to iodoxybenzoic acid and its derivatives Full definition →

English benzoic ← Middle French benjoin ← Catalan benjuí
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  1. Proto-Hellenic*wion
  2. Ancient Greekἴον (íon)
  3. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
  5. Proto-Hellenic*wéidos
  6. Ancient Greekεἶδος (eîdos)
  7. Ancient Greekἰοειδής (ioeidḗs)
  8. Englishiodo-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-der.?
  10. Ancient Greekὀξῠ́ς (oxŭ́s)
  11. Englishoxy-
  12. Arabicلُبَان (lubān)
  13. Proto-Indo-European*yew-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*yéwos
  15. Proto-Indo-Iranian*yáwas
  16. Sanskritयव (yava)bor.?
  17. Proto-Austronesian*zawa
  18. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zawader.?
  19. Old Javanesejawa
  20. Old JavaneseJawi
  21. Javaneseꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)
  22. Arabicجَاوَة (jāwa)
  23. Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
  24. Arabicجَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
  25. Arabicلُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)
  26. Catalanbenjuí
  27. Middle Frenchbenjoin
  28. Englishbenzoin
  29. Englishbenzoic
  30. English todayiodoxybenzoic

From iodo- + oxy- + benzoic.

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