Etymology

isopentenyl

I1S1O1P3E1N1T1E1N1Y4L1

Today it means: A univalent radical, CH₂=C(CH₃)-CH₂-CH₂-, derived from isopentene Full definition →

Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē) ← Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? ← English isopentene
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Englishisopentene
  2. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  3. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  4. English todayisopentenyl

From isopentene + -yl.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.