Where does “n-propanol” come from?
n-propanol (English) comes from English propanol — Either of two isomeric aliphatic alcohols, CH-OH.
Ancestry of “n-propanol”, step by step
n-propanol traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English propanol
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | propanol | Either of two isomeric aliphatic alcohols, CH-OH |
via English N
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | N | The ordinal number fourteenth, derived from this... |