Where does “xylene” come from?

Xylene derives from the Ancient Greek suffix -ηνός, originally denoting material or substance origin.

xylene (English): Any of a group of three isomeric aromatic...

Definitions

  1. Any of a group of three isomeric aromatic...

Ancestry of “xylene”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishxyl-Alternative form of xylo-

Words derived from “xylene

Every word from English xyl-