Where does “alkylsulfanyl” come from?

alkylsulfanyl (English) comes from English sulfanyl, from English sulfa-, from English sulfonamide, from English amide, from English -ide, from Middle French -ide, from Latin -is, from Latin -a.

alkylsulfanyl (English): Any alkyl derivative of a sulfanyl radical

Definitions

  1. Any alkyl derivative of a sulfanyl radical

Ancestry of “alkylsulfanyl”, step by step

alkylsulfanyl traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English sulfanyl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsulfanylThe univalent -SH radical
2Englishsulfa-Used to form names of sulfonamides used as...
3EnglishsulfonamideAny amide of a sulfonic acid RSNR'; Any of a...
4EnglishamideAny derivative of an oxoacid in which the...
5English-ideAny of a group of related compounds - azide,...
6Middle French-ideid (dynast)
7Latin-issuffixed to the root of nouns in composition,...
8Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
9Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
10Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from Latin -isEvery word from Latin -a
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