alkylbenzoic

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adjective

Describing any alkyl substituted derivative of benzoic acid

OriginEnglish benzoic ← Middle French benjoin ← Catalan benjuí →
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Meanings

adjectivealkylbenzoic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablechemistryDescribing any alkyl substituted derivative of benzoic acid

Origin

  1. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  2. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  3. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  4. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  5. Medieval Latinalcoho
  6. Middle Englishalcofol
  7. Englishalc(ohol)
  8. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  9. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  10. Englishalkyl
  11. Arabicلُبَان (lubān)
  12. Proto-Indo-European*yew-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*yéwos
  14. Proto-Indo-Iranian*yáwas
  15. Sanskritयव (yava)bor.?
  16. Proto-Austronesian*zawa
  17. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zawader.?
  18. Old Javanesejawa
  19. Old JavaneseJawi
  20. Javaneseꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)
  21. Arabicجَاوَة (jāwa)
  22. Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
  23. Arabicجَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
  24. Arabicلُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)
  25. Catalanbenjuí
  26. Middle Frenchbenjoin
  27. Englishbenzoin
  28. Englishbenzoic
  29. Englishalkylbenzoic

From alkyl + benzoic.

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APA

alkylbenzoic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alkylbenzoic

MLA

“alkylbenzoic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alkylbenzoic. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alkylbenzoic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alkylbenzoic.

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