Where does “oxo” come from?

oxo (English) comes from Latin Ōxus, from Ancient Greek Ὦξος, from Proto-Iranian waxš-.

oxo (English): A substituent oxygen atom connected to another...

Definitions

  1. A substituent oxygen atom connected to another...

Ancestry of “oxo”, step by step

oxo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin Ōxus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinŌxus—
2Ancient GreekὮξος—
3Proto-Iranianwaxš-—

via Arabic آخِر

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicآخِرlast; last; end

Words derived from “oxo”

Every word from Proto-Iranian waxš- →Every word from Ancient Greek Ὦξος →Every word from Latin Ōxus →