The story
- Ancient Greekπῐ́νᾰξ (pĭ́năx)
- GermanKeton
- Englishketone
- Englishpinacone
- Proto-Hellenic*élaiwon
- Ancient Greekἔλαιον (élaion)
- Latinoleum
- Englishpinacolin
- Englishvalerian
- Englishvaleric
- Englishpivalic
- Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
- Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
- Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
- Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
- Latinalcohol
- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindē
- Latinde-
- Proto-Indo-European*wed-
- Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
- Proto-Hellenic*údōr
- Ancient Greekῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
- Ancient Greekῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)
- GermanAldehyd
- Englishaldehyde
- English todaypivalaldehyde
Blend of pivalic + aldehyde.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.