bromobenzoate

B3R1O1M3O1B3E1N1Z10O1A1T1E1

noun

Any bromo derivative of a benzoate

OriginEnglish benzoate ← Middle French benjoin ← Catalan benjuí →
Scrabble 28
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounbromobenzoate (plural bromobenzoates)

plural bromobenzoates

  1. chemistryAny bromo derivative of a benzoate

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekβρῶμος (brômos)
  2. Frenchbrome
  3. Englishbrome
  4. Englishbromine
  5. Englishbromo-
  6. Arabicلُبَان (lubān)
  7. Proto-Indo-European*yew-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*yéwos
  9. Proto-Indo-Iranian*yáwas
  10. Sanskritयव (yava)bor.?
  11. Proto-Austronesian*zawa
  12. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zawader.?
  13. Old Javanesejawa
  14. Old JavaneseJawi
  15. Javaneseꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)
  16. Arabicجَاوَة (jāwa)
  17. Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
  18. Arabicجَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
  19. Arabicلُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)
  20. Catalanbenjuí
  21. Middle Frenchbenjoin
  22. Englishbenzoin
  23. Englishbenzoic
  24. Englishbenzoate
  25. Englishbromobenzoate

From bromo- + benzoate.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

Source: bromobenzoate on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.