Etymology

sulfobenzaldehyde

Today it means: Any of three isomeric sulfonic acids derived from benzaldehyde (or formyl derivatives of benzenesulfonic acid) Full definition →

English benzaldehyde ← German Aldehyd ← Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)
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  1. Latinsulpur
  2. Latinsulfur
  3. Latinsulphur
  4. Anglo-Normansulfre
  5. Middle Englishsulphur
  6. Englishsulfur
  7. Englishsulfo-
  8. Arabicلُبَان (lubān)
  9. Proto-Indo-European*yew-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*yéwos
  11. Proto-Indo-Iranian*yáwas
  12. Sanskritयव (yava)bor.?
  13. Proto-Austronesian*zawa
  14. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zawader.?
  15. Old Javanesejawa
  16. Old JavaneseJawi
  17. Javaneseꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)
  18. Arabicجَاوَة (jāwa)
  19. Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
  20. Arabicجَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
  21. Arabicلُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)
  22. Catalanbenjuí
  23. Middle Frenchbenjoin
  24. Englishbenzoin
  25. Englishbenzo-
  26. Englishbenz-
  27. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  28. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  29. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  30. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  31. Latinalcohol
  32. Proto-Indo-European*de
  33. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  34. Proto-Italic*dē
  35. Latindē
  36. Latinde-
  37. Proto-Indo-European*wed-
  38. Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
  39. Proto-Hellenic*údōr
  40. Ancient Greekῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
  41. Ancient Greekῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)
  42. GermanAldehyd
  43. Englishaldehyde
  44. Englishbenzaldehyde
  45. English todaysulfobenzaldehyde

From sulfo- + benzaldehyde.

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