Where does “alkyd” come from?

alkyd (English) comes from English ID, from Hindi ईद, from Persian عید, from Arabic عِيد, from Arabic محمد, from Arabic حَمَّدَ, from Arabic م, from Proto-Semitic šamaʿ-.

alkyd (English): A synthetic resin derived from a reaction between...

Definitions

  1. A synthetic resin derived from a reaction between...

Ancestry of “alkyd”, step by step

alkyd traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ID

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishIDInitialism of identification or identity...
2HindiईदEid
3Persianعیدfeast, feast day; celebration; holiday
4Arabicعِيدholiday, carnival; feast, festival; holiday,...
5Arabicمحمدcommendable, laudable, praised, praiseworthy;...
6Arabicحَمَّدَto praise, commend, laud; to praise, commend,...
7Arabicمa prefix used to create nouns of place; a prefix...
8Proto-Semiticšamaʿ-

via English alkyl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishalkylAny of a series of univalent radicals of the...
2EnglishalcoholAny of a class of organic compounds containing a...
3FrenchalcoholAlternative spelling of alcool
4Medieval Latinalcoholpowdered ore of antimony; kohl, collyrium,...
5Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
6Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
7Akkadianguḫlumkohl, antimony paste

Words derived from “alkyd

Every word from Proto-Semitic šamaʿ-