Etymology

vinylbenzene

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Today it means: Synonym of styrene. Full definition →

English benzene ← German Benzin ← Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*weh₁y-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wéyh₁ō
  3. Proto-Italic*wīnom
  4. Latinvīnum
  5. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  6. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  7. Englishvinyl
  8. GermanBenzoe
  9. GermanBenzin
  10. Englishbenzine
  11. Englishbenzene
  12. English todayvinylbenzene

From vinyl + benzene.

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