cycloalkanol

C3Y4C3L1O1A1L1K5A1N1O1L1

noun

Any cycloalkyl alcohol

OriginEnglish alkanol ← Middle English alcofol ← Medieval Latin alcoho →
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Meanings

nouncycloalkanol (plural cycloalkanols)

plural cycloalkanols

  1. chemistryAny cycloalkyl alcohol

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷékʷlos
  3. Proto-Hellenic*kʷókʷlos
  4. Proto-Hellenic*kúklos
  5. Ancient Greekκύκλος (kúklos)
  6. Late Latincyclus
  7. Middle Englishcicle
  8. Englishcycle
  9. Ancient Greekκύκλος (kúklos)
  10. Ancient Greekκυκλῐκός (kuklĭkós)
  11. Classical Latincyclicu
  12. Middle Frenchcyclique
  13. Frenchcyclique
  14. Classical Latincyclicus
  15. Englishcyclic
  16. Englishcyclo-
  17. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  18. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  19. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  20. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  21. Medieval Latinalcoho
  22. GermanAlk(ohol)
  23. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  24. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  25. GermanAlkyl
  26. Germanalk-
  27. GermanAlkan
  28. Englishalkane
  29. Medieval Latinalcoho
  30. Middle Englishalcofol
  31. Englishalcohol
  32. Englishalkanol
  33. Englishcycloalkanol

From cyclo- + alkanol.

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APA

cycloalkanol. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cycloalkanol

MLA

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Chicago

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