Meanings
adjectivealkylphenolic (not comparable)
- not comparablechemistryDerived from an alkylphenol
Origin
- Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
- Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
- Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
- Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
- Medieval Latinalcoho
- Middle Englishalcofol
- Englishalc(ohol)
- Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
- Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
- Englishalkyl
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰh₂nyéti
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰáňňō
- Ancient Greekφαίνω (phaínō)
- Frenchphène
- Englishphenol
- Englishalkylphenol
- Englishalkylphenolic
From alkylphenol + -ic.
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alkylphenolic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alkylphenolic
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“alkylphenolic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alkylphenolic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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