Where does “kiraalisuus” come from?
kiraalisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kiraalinen, from English chiral, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل — kohl, antimony paste.
kiraalisuus (Finnish): chirality, handedness
Definitions
- chirality, handedness
Ancestry of “kiraalisuus”, step by step
kiraalisuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kiraalinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kiraalinen | chiral |
| 2 | English | chiral | that exhibits chirality |
| 3 | English | -ál | Of or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also |
| 4 | English | aldehyde | Any of a large class of reactive organic... |
| 5 | German | Aldehyd | aldehyde |
| 6 | Latin | alcohol | kohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder... |
| 7 | Andalusian Arabic | كُحُول | — |
| 8 | Arabic | كحل | antimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the... |
| 9 | Arabic | كُحْل | antimony; kohl, stibnite |
| 10 | Akkadian | guḫlum | kohl, antimony paste |
via Finnish uus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | uus | Alternative form of uusi |