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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”

  • paraxylene
  • metaxylene
  • orthoxylene
  • nitroxylene
  • nonxylene
  • thioxene
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