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Where does “petrochemically” come from?

petrochemically (English) comes from English petrochemical, from English chemical, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل.

petrochemically (English): By petrochemical means

Definitions

  1. By petrochemical means

Ancestry of “petrochemically”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishpetrochemicalany compound derived from petroleum or natural...
2EnglishchemicalOf or relating to chemistry; Of or relating to a...
3English-ál—
4EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
5GermanAldehydaldehyde
6Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
7Andalusian Arabicكُحُول—
8Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
9Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
10Akkadianguḫlum—
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