Etymology

phosphoenol

P3H4O1S1P3H4O1E1N1O1L1

Today it means: Any phosphate of an enol Full definition →

English enol ← Middle English alcofol ← Medieval Latin alcoho
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
  3. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
  4. Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
  5. Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
  6. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
  8. Proto-Hellenic*pʰérō
  9. Ancient Greekφέρω (phérō)
  10. Ancient Greekφωσφόρος (phōsphóros)
  11. Latinphōsphorus
  12. Englishphosphorus
  13. Englishphospho-
  14. Englishalkene
  15. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  16. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  17. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  18. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  19. Medieval Latinalcoho
  20. Middle Englishalcofol
  21. Englishalcohol
  22. Englishalkenolclip.
  23. Englishenol
  24. English todayphosphoenol

From phospho- + enol.

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