Etymology

nonglycerol

N1O1N1G2L1Y4C3E1R1O1L1

Today it means: Not of or pertaining to glycerol. Full definition →

English glycerol ← Middle English alcofol ← Medieval Latin alcoho
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Ancient Greekγλῠκερός (glŭkerós)
  15. Frenchglycérine
  16. Englishglycerine
  17. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  18. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  19. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  20. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  21. Medieval Latinalcoho
  22. Middle Englishalcofol
  23. Englishalcohol
  24. Englishglycerol
  25. English todaynonglycerol

From non- + glycerol.

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