dihydroxybenzoic

adjective

Relating to dihydroxybenzoic acid and its derivatives

OriginEnglish benzoic ← Middle French benjoin ← Catalan benjuí →
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Meanings

adjectivedihydroxybenzoic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableRelating to dihydroxybenzoic acid and its derivatives

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
  4. Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
  5. Latindi-
  6. Englishdi-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*wed-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
  9. Proto-Hellenic*údōr
  10. Ancient Greekῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
  11. Ancient Greekῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)
  12. Englishhydro-
  13. Englishoxy
  14. Englishhydroxy
  15. Englishdihydroxy
  16. Arabicلُبَان (lubān)
  17. Proto-Indo-European*yew-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*yéwos
  19. Proto-Indo-Iranian*yáwas
  20. Sanskritयव (yava)bor.?
  21. Proto-Austronesian*zawa
  22. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zawader.?
  23. Old Javanesejawa
  24. Old JavaneseJawi
  25. Javaneseꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)
  26. Arabicجَاوَة (jāwa)
  27. Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
  28. Arabicجَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
  29. Arabicلُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)
  30. Catalanbenjuí
  31. Middle Frenchbenjoin
  32. Englishbenzoin
  33. Englishbenzoic
  34. Englishdihydroxybenzoic

From dihydroxy + benzoic.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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