arylhydroxylamine

noun

Any derivative of hydroxylamine having an aryl group directly attached to its nitrogen atom

OriginEnglish hydroxylamine ← Latin ammoniacus ← Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn) →
Scrabble 39
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Meanings

nounarylhydroxylamine (plural arylhydroxylamines)

plural arylhydroxylamines

  1. chemistryAny derivative of hydroxylamine having an aryl group directly attached to its nitrogen atom

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἄρωμα (árōma)
  2. Ancient Greekἀρωματικός (arōmatikós)
  3. Late Latinarōmaticus
  4. Old Frencharomatique
  5. Englisharomatic
  6. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  7. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  8. Englisharyl
  9. Proto-Indo-European*wed-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
  11. Proto-Hellenic*údōr
  12. Ancient Greekῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
  13. Ancient Greekὑδρο- (hudro-)
  14. Frenchhydro-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
  17. Proto-Hellenic*génos
  18. Ancient Greekγένος (génos)
  19. Frenchhydrogène
  20. Englishhydrogen
  21. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-der.?
  22. Ancient Greekὀξύς (oxús)
  23. Ancient Greekγένος (génos)
  24. Frenchoxygène
  25. Englishoxygen
  26. Englishhydroxyl
  27. Egyptianjmn
  28. Ancient GreekᾸ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)
  29. LatinAmmōn
  30. Latinammoniacus
  31. Englishammonia
  32. Englishamine
  33. Englishhydroxylamine
  34. Englisharylhydroxylamine

From aryl + hydroxylamine.

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