Etymology

non-aromatic

Today it means: Describing any polyunsaturated cyclic compound that is not aromatic Full definition →

English aromatic ← Old French aromatique ← Late Latin arōmaticus
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The story

  1. Englishnon-
  2. Late Latinarōmaticus
  3. Old Frencharomatique
  4. Englisharomatic
  5. English todaynon-aromatic

From non- + aromatic.

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