English Explanatory Dictionary

circumnaphthalene

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One of the two products that is yielded from circumscribing naphthalene and pyrene, the other being circumpyrene.

Word forms

circumnaphthalene

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor. Latin circus Latin circum Latin circum-bor. English circum- Akkadian napṭumbor.? Old Persian *naftahbor. Ancient Greek νάφθα (náphtha)bor. Latin naphthabor. English naphtha Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al French -ènebor. English -ene English naphthalene English circumnaphthalene From circum- + naphthalene.

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