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Where does “benzoyl” come from?

Benzoyl comes from English benzoic, which derives from French benzoïque, itself formed from benzoin plus the chemical suffix -ique.

benzoyl (English): A univalent radical formally derived from benzoic...

Definitions

  1. A univalent radical formally derived from benzoic...

Ancestry of “benzoyl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbenzoicPertaining to, or obtained from, benzoin; Derived...
2English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
3EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
4Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
5Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
6Spanishimagenimage
7Italianimmagineimage; imago
8Latinimāginem—
9Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
10Latinīn-—
11Latinîn—
12Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
13Proto-Italicenin
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “benzoyl”

  • dibenzoyl
  • benzoylation
  • benzoyltransferase
  • benzoylmethylecgonine
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