Etymograph

English

alkanethiolate

From alkane + thiolate.

A compound of alkane + thio- + -ol + thiol + -ate + thiolate

Proto-Indo-European *swel-

Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη ‘wood’

German Alkyl ‘alkyl’

German Alkan ‘alkane’

English alkane

Sumerian na₄.šem-bi-zi-da ‘kohl’

Akkadian guḫlum

Aramaic כוחלא ‘stibnite, antimony’

Arabic كُحْل ‘antimony’

Andalusian Arabic كُحُول

Medieval Latin alcoho

Middle English alcofol

English alcohol

English thiol

Sumerian na₄.šem-bi-zi-da ‘kohl’

Akkadian guḫlum

Aramaic כוחלא ‘stibnite, antimony’

Arabic كُحْل ‘antimony’

Andalusian Arabic كُحُول

Medieval Latin alcoho

Middle English alcofol

English alcohol

English thiol

English thiolate

Today it means

noun A thiolate anion derived from an alkane.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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