Etymology

triallyl

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

English allyl ← Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē) ← Latin allium
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The story

  1. Englishtri-
  2. Latinālium
  3. Latinallium
  4. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  5. Englishallyl
  6. English todaytriallyl

From tri- + allyl.

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