Where does “bentsyylialkoholi” come from?

bentsyylialkoholi (Finnish) comes from Finnish alkoholi — alcohol; alcoholic.

bentsyylialkoholi (Finnish): benzyl alcohol

Definitions

  1. benzyl alcohol

Ancestry of “bentsyylialkoholi”, step by step

bentsyylialkoholi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish alkoholi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishalkoholialcohol; alcoholic

via Finnish bentsyyli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishbentsyylibenzyl group, benzyl univalent radical C6H5-CH2
Every word from Finnish alkoholi