Etymology

triacyl

T1R1I1A1C3Y4L1

Today it means: Three acyl groups in a compound Full definition →

English acyl ← Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē) ← Latin aceō
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The story

  1. Englishtri-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱéh₁yeti
  4. Proto-Italic*akēō
  5. Latinaceō
  6. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  7. Englishacyl
  8. English todaytriacyl

From tri- + acyl.

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