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 (mixed with toluene etc), used in the arts as a solvent, and for various other purposes
Definitions
- An impure benzene (mixed with toluene etc), used in the arts as a solvent, and for various other purposes
Ancestry of “benzol”, step by step
benzol traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ol
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ol | Nonstandard form of old |
| 2 | Japanese | OL | — |
| 3 | Japanese | オフィスレディー | an "office lady" |
| 4 | Japanese | オフィス | office (building or room) |
| 5 | English | Office | A ceremonial duty or service, particularly |
| 6 | Middle English | office | The state of being employed or having a work or... |
| 7 | Old French | office | office; service |
| 8 | Latin | officium | duty, service; office; obligation, an obligatory... |
| 9 | Latin | opificium | work |
| 10 | Latin | opifex | Someone who does work (especially creative or constructive); worker, maker, framer, fabricator, workman, mechanic, artificer, craftsman, inventor, artist, artisan |
| 11 | Latin | Ops | earth goddess, fertility deity |
| 12 | Latin | oscen | any bird by whose song cries augurs divined... |
| 13 | Latin | opscen | — |
| 14 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 15 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 16 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
via English benzo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | benzo | of a ring compound, especially a heterocycle,... |