Where does “nitroxylene” come from?

nitroxylene (English) comes from English xylene, from English xyl- — Alternative form of xylo-.

nitroxylene (English): Any nitro derivative of xylene

Definitions

  1. Any nitro derivative of xylene

Ancestry of “nitroxylene”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishxyleneAny of a group of three isomeric aromatic...
2Englishxyl-Alternative form of xylo-
Every word from English xyl- →Every word from English xylene →