Where does “butyl” come from?

Butyl is an English term derived from butane with the chemical suffix -ane removed, ultimately from butane itself, a gaseous hydrocarbon named with the -ane suffix.

butyl (English): Any of four isomeric univalent hydrocarbon...

Definitions

  1. Any of four isomeric univalent hydrocarbon...

Ancestry of “butyl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-ylA univalent radical or functional group formed...
2Frenchméthylènemethylene
3Ancient Greekμέθυwine
4Proto-Hellenicmétʰuintoxicating drink; mead
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmédʰuhoney; honey wine, mead

Words derived from “butyl

Every word from Proto-Indo-European médʰuEvery word from English -ylEvery word from Proto-Hellenic métʰu