Where does “naphthalenesulfonate” come from?

naphthalenesulfonate (English) comes from English naphthalene, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل, from Arabic كُحْل — kohl, antimony paste.

naphthalenesulfonate (English): Any of a class of derivatives of sulfonic acid...

Definitions

  1. Any of a class of derivatives of sulfonic acid...

Ancestry of “naphthalenesulfonate”, step by step

naphthalenesulfonate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English naphthalene

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnaphthaleneA white crystalline hydrocarbon manufactured from...
2English-álOf or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also
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
9Akkadianguḫlumkohl, antimony paste

via English sulfonate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsulfonateAny salt or ester of a sulfonic acid; To treat or...
Every word from Akkadian guḫlumEvery word from English -álEvery word from Arabic كُحْل