Where does “metanol” come from?

metanol (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese metano, from French méthane — methane.

metanol (Portuguese): methanol the simplest aliphatic alcohol, CH3OH

Definitions

  1. methanol the simplest aliphatic alcohol, CH3OH

Ancestry of “metanol”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesemetanomethane
2Frenchméthanemethane
Every word from French méthane →Every word from Portuguese metano →