English
flavaniline
Flavaniline comes from Latin flavus ‘yellow’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEflavus‘yellow’
- Englishtodayflavaniline
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEflavus‘yellow’
- Englishtodayflavaniline
Linked words
through Latin flavus ‘yellow’
Today it means
noun A synthetic yellow dyestuff, C₁₆H₁₄N₂, a complex derivative of aniline and quinoline.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin flavus / flavaniline