Etymology

sycoceryl

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Today it means: A radical, of the aromatic series, regarded as an essential ingredient of certain compounds found in the waxy resin of an Australian species of fig. Full definition →

Ancient Greek σῦκον
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσῦκον“a fig”
  2. English todaysycoceryl

From Ancient Greek σῦκον (sûkon, “a fig”) + κηρός (kērós, “wax”) + -yl.

Words from the same roots

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