Etymology

triaryl

T1R1I1A1R1Y4L1

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

English aryl ← Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē) ← Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.?
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*tréyes
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tri-
  3. Proto-Italic*tri-
  4. Latintri-
  5. Englishtri-
  6. Ancient Greekἄρωμα (árōma)
  7. Ancient Greekἀρωματικός (arōmatikós)
  8. Late Latinarōmaticus
  9. Old Frencharomatique
  10. Englisharomatic
  11. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  12. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  13. Englisharyl
  14. English todaytriaryl

From tri- + aryl.

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