Where does “butanediol” come from?
butanediol (English) comes from English diol, from English ol, from Japanese OL, from Japanese オフィスレディー, from Japanese オフィス, from English Office, from Middle English office, from Old French office — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
butanediol (English): Any of four isomeric diols derived from butane
Definitions
- Any of four isomeric diols derived from butane
Ancestry of “butanediol”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | diol | any organic compound having two hydroxy... |
| 2 | English | ol | Nonstandard form of old |
| 3 | Japanese | OL | — |
| 4 | Japanese | オフィスレディー | — |
| 5 | Japanese | オフィス | — |
| 6 | English | Office | — |
| 7 | Middle English | office | The state of being employed or having a work or... |
| 8 | Old French | office | office; service |
| 9 | Latin | officium | duty, service; office; obligation, an obligatory... |
| 10 | Latin | opificium | work |
| 11 | Latin | opifex | Someone who does work ; worker, maker, framer,... |
| 12 | Latin | faciō | — |
| 13 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 14 | Latin | -tōrius | — |
| 15 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 16 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |