Where does “bentsyyliasetaatti” come from?

bentsyyliasetaatti (Finnish) comes from Finnish asetaatti — acetate; cellulose acetate.

bentsyyliasetaatti (Finnish): benzyl acetate

Definitions

  1. benzyl acetate

Ancestry of “bentsyyliasetaatti”, step by step

bentsyyliasetaatti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish asetaatti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishasetaattiacetate; cellulose acetate

via Finnish bentsyyli

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