English
furfural
Furfural comes from Latin furfur ‘bran’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfurfur‘bran’
- Englishtodayfurfural
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfurfur‘bran’
- Englishtodayfurfural
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- ‘to rub, grind’
grand, grill, greedy, charismatic, grit, growl, grime, yearn, chromatic, grout, yar, grisly, ochre, grist, grimace, exhort, 16 more
Today it means
noun A heterocyclic aldehyde derivative of furan, obtained commercially from bran, with several industrial uses.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin furfur / furfural