Where does “alkylnitrate” come from?

alkylnitrate (English) comes from English alkyl, from English alcohol, from French alcohol, from Medieval Latin alcohol, from Arabic كحل, from Arabic كُحْل, from Akkadian guḫlum — kohl, antimony paste.

alkylnitrate (English): Any aliphatic nitrate

Definitions

  1. Any aliphatic nitrate

Ancestry of “alkylnitrate”, step by step

alkylnitrate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via English nitrate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnitrateAny salt or ester of nitric acid; To treat, or...
2Frenchnitratenitrate
Every word from Akkadian guḫlumEvery word from Arabic كُحْلEvery word from Arabic كحل