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Where does “hexanediol” come from?

hexanediol (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...

hexanediol (English): Any of several isomeric diols derived from...

Definitions

  1. Any of several isomeric diols derived from...

Ancestry of “hexanediol”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishdiolany organic compound having two hydroxy...
2EnglisholNonstandard form of old
3JapaneseOL—
4Japaneseオフィスレディー—
5Japaneseオフィス—
6EnglishOffice—
7Middle EnglishofficeThe state of being employed or having a work or...
8Old Frenchofficeoffice; service
9Latinofficiumduty, service; office; obligation, an obligatory...
10Latinopificiumwork
11LatinopifexSomeone who does work ; worker, maker, framer,...
12Latinfaciō—
13Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
14Latin-tōrius—
15Latin-tor-er
16Proto-Italic-tōr—
17Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
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