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Where does “fluoroalkyl” come from?

fluoroalkyl (English) comes from English alkyl, from English alcohol, from French alcohol, from Medieval Latin alcohol, from Arabic كحل, from Arabic كُحْل, from Akkadian guḫlum.

fluoroalkyl (English): An alkyl group in which one or more fluorines...

Definitions

  1. An alkyl group in which one or more fluorines...

Ancestry of “fluoroalkyl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishalkylAny of a series of univalent radicals of the...
2EnglishalcoholAny of a class of organic compounds containing a...
3FrenchalcoholAlternative spelling of alcool
4Medieval Latinalcoholpowdered ore of antimony; kohl, collyrium,...
5Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
6Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
7Akkadianguḫlum—
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