Etymology

triphenyl

T1R1I1P3H4E1N1Y4L1

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

English phenyl ← French phényle ← Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
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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. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰh₂nyéti
  8. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáňňō
  9. Ancient Greekφαίνω (phaínō)
  10. Frenchphéno-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  12. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  13. Frenchphényle
  14. Englishphenyl
  15. English todaytriphenyl

From tri- + phenyl.

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