Where does “alkanesulfonate” come from?

alkanesulfonate (English) comes from English alkane, from German Alkan, from German alk-, from German Alkyl, from German Alkohol, from Medieval Latin alcohol, from Arabic كحل, from Arabic كُحْل — kohl, antimony paste.

alkanesulfonate (English): The salt or ester of an alkyl sulfonic acid

Definitions

  1. The salt or ester of an alkyl sulfonic acid

Ancestry of “alkanesulfonate”, step by step

alkanesulfonate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English alkane

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishalkaneAny acyclic saturated hydrocarbon
2GermanAlkanalkane
3Germanalk-alk
4GermanAlkylalkyl
5GermanAlkoholalcohol, ethanol; alcohol, liquor
6Medieval Latinalcoholpowdered ore of antimony; kohl, collyrium,...
7Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
8Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
9Akkadianguḫlumkohl, antimony paste

via English sulfonate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsulfonateAny salt or ester of a sulfonic acid; To treat or...
Every word from Akkadian guḫlumEvery word from Arabic كُحْلEvery word from Arabic كحل