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
- A substituent oxygen atom connected to another...
Ancestry of “oxo”, step by step
oxo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Arabic آخِر
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabic | آخِر | last; last; end |