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Where does “acetaldehyde” come from?

acetaldehyde (English) comes from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل, from Arabic كُحْل, from Akkadian guḫlum.

acetaldehyde (English): An organic compound, . Sometimes called ethanal...

Definitions

  1. An organic compound, . Sometimes called ethanal...

Ancestry of “acetaldehyde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
2GermanAldehydaldehyde
3Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
4Andalusian Arabicكُحُول—
5Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
6Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
7Akkadianguḫlum—

Words derived from “acetaldehyde”

  • phenylacetaldehyde
  • trichloroacetaldehyde
  • paracetaldehyde
  • acetaldehydemia
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