English

isoparaffin

From iso- + paraffin.

A compound of iso- + paraffin

Ancient Greek ἴσος ‘equal’

English iso-

Latin parum ‘very little’

Latin paraffinum ‘paraffin, alkane’

English paraffin

Today it means

noun Any branched-chain isomer of a straight-chain alkane

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