Where does “나프탈렌” come from?

나프탈렌 (Korean) comes from English naphthalene, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل, from Arabic كُحْل — kohl, antimony paste.

나프탈렌 (Korean): naphthalene

Definitions

  1. naphthalene

Ancestry of “나프탈렌”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnaphthaleneA white crystalline hydrocarbon manufactured from...
2English-álOf 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
3EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
4GermanAldehydaldehyde
5Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
6Andalusian Arabicكُحُول
7Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
8Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
9Akkadianguḫlumkohl, antimony paste
Every word from Akkadian guḫlumEvery word from English -álEvery word from Arabic كُحْل