Etymology

thionitrobenzoate

Today it means: Any mercapto derivative of a nitrobenzoate Full definition →

English nitrobenzoate ← Middle French benjoin ← Catalan benjuí
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰewh₂-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekθέειον (théeion)
  3. Ancient Greekθεῖον (theîon)
  4. Englishthio-
  5. Egyptiannṯr
  6. Egyptiannṯrj
  7. Ancient Greekνῐ́τρον (nĭ́tron)
  8. Englishnitro-
  9. Arabicلُبَان (lubān)
  10. Proto-Indo-European*yew-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*yéwos
  12. Proto-Indo-Iranian*yáwas
  13. Sanskritयव (yava)bor.?
  14. Proto-Austronesian*zawa
  15. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zawader.?
  16. Old Javanesejawa
  17. Old JavaneseJawi
  18. Javaneseꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)
  19. Arabicجَاوَة (jāwa)
  20. Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
  21. Arabicجَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
  22. Arabicلُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)
  23. Catalanbenjuí
  24. Middle Frenchbenjoin
  25. Englishbenzoin
  26. Englishbenzoic
  27. Englishbenzoate
  28. Englishnitrobenzoate
  29. English todaythionitrobenzoate

From thio- + nitrobenzoate.

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