Etymology

isoparaffin

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Today it means: Any branched-chain isomer of a straight-chain alkane Full definition →

English paraffin ← Ancient Greek ῐ̓́σος (ĭ́sos)
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  1. Ancient Greekῐ̓́σος (ĭ́sos)
  2. Englishiso-
  3. Englishparaffin
  4. English todayisoparaffin

From iso- + paraffin.

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