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Where does “phenylacetaldehyde” come from?

phenylacetaldehyde (English) comes from English acetaldehyde, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل, from Arabic كُحْل, from Akkadian guḫlum.

phenylacetaldehyde (English): An aromatic compound found in buckwheat,...

Definitions

  1. An aromatic compound found in buckwheat,...

Ancestry of “phenylacetaldehyde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishacetaldehydeAn organic compound, . Sometimes called ethanal...
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
8Akkadianguḫlum—
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