alkylbenzene

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholder. Middle English alcofol English alcohol Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English alkyl German Benzoe Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. German -in German Benzinbor. English benzine English benzene English alkylbenzene From alkyl + benzene.

derived from benzine English benzene English alkylbenzene From alkyl + benzene
derived from -in German Benzinbor
derived from -yl English alkyl German Benzoe Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder
derived from alcofol English alcohol Proto-Indo-European *swel-der
derived from alcoholder

Definitions

Any hydrocarbon formally derived from benzene by replacing one or more hydrogen atoms…
Any hydrocarbon formally derived from benzene by replacing one or more hydrogen atoms with alkyl groups

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for alkylbenzene. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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