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1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰh₂nyéti
3. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáňňō
4. Ancient Greekφαίνω (phaínō)
5. Frenchphéno-
6. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
7. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
8. Frenchphényle
9. Englishphenyl
10. English todaypheno-

# From Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō, “to bring to light, make appear; to come to light, appear”). Compare -phan in such words as tryptophan. # From phenyl + -o-.

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