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Where does “furan” come from?

furan (English) comes from English furfural, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل, from Arabic كُحْل.

furan (English): Any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds...

Definitions

  1. Any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds...

Ancestry of “furan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfurfuralA heterocyclic aldehyde derivative of furan; it...
2English-ál—
3EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
4GermanAldehydaldehyde
5Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
6Andalusian Arabicكُحُول—
7Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
8Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
9Akkadianguḫlum—

Words derived from “furan”

  • tetrahydrofuran
  • nitrofurantoin
  • furoate
  • furanose
  • furanone
  • nitrofuran
  • benzofuran
  • ribofuranose
  • furyl
  • dimethylfuran
  • furanyl
  • glucofuranose
  • ribofuranosyl
  • ribofuranoside
  • fructofuranose
  • furanosyl
  • furanoid
  • polytetrahydrofuran
  • furanic
  • furoic
  • benzofuranyl
  • isobenzofuran
  • deoxyribofuranose
  • galactofuranose
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