Where does “nitroaldol” come from?

nitroaldol (English) comes from English Nitro, from English nitrocellulose, from English cellulose, from French cellulose, from French cellule, from Latin cellula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

nitroaldol (English): Any nitro derivative of an aldol

Definitions

  1. Any nitro derivative of an aldol

Ancestry of “nitroaldol”, step by step

nitroaldol traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Nitro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNitroThe univalent NO2 functional group
2EnglishnitrocelluloseA cotton-like material, made from cellulose by...
3EnglishcelluloseA complex carbohydrate that forms the main...
4Frenchcellulosecellulose
5Frenchcellulecell; table cell
6Latincellulasmall room, especially that of a slave; humble...
7Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
8Proto-Italic-olos
9Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
10Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
11Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via English aldol

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishaldolAny aldehyde or ketone having a hydroxy group in...
2EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
3GermanAldehydaldehyde
4Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
5Andalusian Arabicكُحُول
6Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
7Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
8Akkadianguḫlumkohl, antimony paste
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós
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