Etymology

naphthoresorcinol

Today it means: A white crystalline chemical compound, 1,3-dihydroxynaphthalene, used as a reagent, especially for the detection of glucuronic acid and its derivatives. Full definition →

English resorcinol ← Middle English alcofol ← Medieval Latin alcoho
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  1. Akkadiannapṭumbor.?
  2. Old Persian*naftah
  3. Ancient Greekνάφθα (náphtha)
  4. Latinnaphtha
  5. Englishnaphtha
  6. Englishnaphtho-
  7. Ancient Greekῥητῑ́νη (rhētī́nē)
  8. Latinrēsīna
  9. Old Frenchrésine
  10. Middle Englishresyn
  11. Englishresin
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ṓws
  14. Proto-Italic*ausis
  15. Latinauris
  16. Latinauricula
  17. Latinōricula
  18. Italianoricello
  19. Arabic[script needed] ('urjālla)influ.
  20. Old Catalanorxella
  21. Old Frenchorchel
  22. Frenchorseille
  23. Dutchorseille
  24. New Latinorcina
  25. Frenchorcine
  26. Englishorcin
  27. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  28. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  29. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  30. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  31. Medieval Latinalcoho
  32. Middle Englishalcofol
  33. Englishalcohol
  34. Englishorcinol
  35. Englishresorcinol
  36. English todaynaphthoresorcinol

From naphtho- + resorcinol.

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