Etymograph

English

alkanofer

Alkanofer comes from German Alkan ‘alkane’, and goes back to Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη ‘wood’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῡ̔́ληhū́lē‘wood’
  2. Germanc. 1650–presentAlkyl
  3. German, derivedc. 1650–presentAlkan‘alkane’
  4. English1500–presentalkane
  5. Englishearliest quotation 2015alkanofer

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῡ̔́ληhū́lē‘wood’
  2. Germanc. 1650–presentAlkyl
  3. German, derivedc. 1650–presentAlkan‘alkane’
  4. English1500–presentalkane
  5. Englishearliest quotation 2015alkanofer

Earliest quotation: 2015, Olivier Mousis, The fate of ethane in Titan's hydrocarbon lakes and seas: “In order to explain this apparent ethane deficiency, we…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *swel-

swell, swollen, dimethyl, swole, swill, diethyl, 31 more

through Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη ‘wood’

methyl, ethyl, isopropyl, phenyl, ethane, 20 more

Today it means

noun A subsurface reservoir of liquid hydrocarbons

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

Etymograph / Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη / alkanofer

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