Where does “acetylometylokarbinol” come from?

acetylometylokarbinol (Polish) comes from Polish karbinol, from English carbinol — The compound methanol; Any substituted methanol.

acetylometylokarbinol (Polish): acetoin, acetylmethylcarbinol

Definitions

  1. acetoin, acetylmethylcarbinol

Ancestry of “acetylometylokarbinol”, step by step

acetylometylokarbinol traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish karbinol

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishkarbinolmethanol, carbinol
2EnglishcarbinolThe compound methanol; Any substituted methanol

via Polish metyl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishmetylmethyl
Every word from English carbinol →Every word from Polish karbinol →