English
quinoline
Quinoline comes from English quinine ‘Cinchona bark’.
- English1500–presentquinine‘Cinchona bark’
- Englishtodayquinoline
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- English1500–presentquinine‘Cinchona bark’
- Englishtodayquinoline
Formed from -oline
Every English word from English quinine
Today it means
noun Any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds containing a benzene ring fused with a pyridine ring; especially the simplest such compound, C₉H₇N.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / English quinine / quinoline