Where does “anthracene” come from?
Anthracene derives from Ancient Greek ἄνθραξ, meaning coal or charcoal, plus the Ancient Greek suffix -ηνός, a common adjectival ending in chemical nomenclature.
anthracene (English): A tricyclic aromatic hydrocarbon obtained from...
Definitions
- A tricyclic aromatic hydrocarbon obtained from...
Ancestry of “anthracene”, step by step
Words derived from “anthracene”
- phenanthrene
- pentacene
- phenanthroline
- anthranilate
- anthranilic
- phenanthryl
- acene
- tetracene
- dihydrophenanthrene
- dimethylbenzanthracene
- benzophenanthridine
- benzanthracene
- helicene
- hexahelicene
- bathophenanthroline
- levonantradol
- phenanthridine
- naphthacene
- polyacene
- phenanthrenequinone
- aminophenanthrene
- nantradol
- phenanthrenemethanol
- phenanthrol