Etymology

naphthoflavone

N1A1P3H4T1H4O1F4L1A1V4O1N1E1

Today it means: Either of two isomeric flavones derived from naphthalene Full definition →

English flavone ← German Keton ← Latin flāvus
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The story

  1. Akkadiannapṭumbor.?
  2. Old Persian*naftah
  3. Ancient Greekνάφθα (náphtha)
  4. Latinnaphtha
  5. Englishnaphtha
  6. Englishnaphtho-
  7. Latinflāvus
  8. GermanKeton
  9. Englishketone
  10. Englishflavone
  11. English todaynaphthoflavone

From naphtho- + flavone.

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