Etymology

phenolic

P3H4E1N1O1L1I1C3

Today it means: Of, relating to, or derived from a phenol. Full definition →

English phenol ← French phène ← Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰh₂nyéti
  3. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáňňō
  4. Ancient Greekφαίνω (phaínō)
  5. Frenchphène
  6. Englishphenol
  7. English todayphenolic

From phenol + -ic.

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