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Where does “butyllithium” come from?

butyllithium (English) comes from English Lithium, from New Latin lithium, from Latin lithia, from Latin lithium, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

butyllithium (English): Any of three isomeric organolithium reagents used...

Definitions

  1. Any of three isomeric organolithium reagents used...

Ancestry of “butyllithium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishLithium—
2New Latinlithiumlithium
3Latinlithianominative plural of lithium; accusative plural...
4Latinlithiumlithium
5Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
6Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
7Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
8Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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