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Where does “benzol” come from?

Benzol is a contraction of benzene plus the suffix -ol, ultimately deriving from Arabic kḥl, a cosmetic powder, via French alcohol and Latin oleum.

benzol (English): An impure benzene , used in the arts as a...

Definitions

  1. An impure benzene , used in the arts as a...

Ancestry of “benzol”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglisholNonstandard form of old
2JapaneseOL—
3Japaneseオフィスレディー—
4Japaneseオフィス—
5EnglishOffice—
6Middle EnglishofficeThe state of being employed or having a work or...
7Old Frenchofficeoffice; service
8Latinofficiumduty, service; office; obligation, an obligatory...
9Latinopificiumwork
10LatinopifexSomeone who does work ; worker, maker, framer,...
11LatinOpsearth goddess, fertility deity
12Latinoscenany bird by whose song cries augurs divined...
13Latinopscen—
14Latinob-towards; against
15Latinobolusobolus
16Ancient Greekὀβολόςobol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...

Words derived from “benzol”

  • nitrobenzol
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