oxybenzoic

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adjective

hydroxybenzoic

OriginEnglish benzoic ← Middle French benjoin ← Catalan benjuí →
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Meanings

adjectiveoxybenzoic (not comparable)
  1. archaicnot comparablechemistryhydroxybenzoic

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekὀξῠ́ς (oxŭ́s)
  3. Englishoxy-
  4. Arabicلُبَان (lubān)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*yew-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*yéwos
  7. Proto-Indo-Iranian*yáwas
  8. Sanskritयव (yava)bor.?
  9. Proto-Austronesian*zawa
  10. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zawader.?
  11. Old Javanesejawa
  12. Old JavaneseJawi
  13. Javaneseꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)
  14. Arabicجَاوَة (jāwa)
  15. Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
  16. Arabicجَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
  17. Arabicلُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)
  18. Catalanbenjuí
  19. Middle Frenchbenjoin
  20. Englishbenzoin
  21. Englishbenzoic
  22. Englishoxybenzoic

From oxy- + benzoic.

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APA

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

MLA

“oxybenzoic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oxybenzoic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oxybenzoic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oxybenzoic.

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