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-yl

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See also: yl, Yl, YL, and yl-

English

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Etymology

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Via French méthylène from Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, wood, material).[1]

Suffix

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-yl

  1. (organic chemistry) A univalent radical or functional group formed from a given molecule. Thus propyl from propane, benzyl from benzene, and so forth.

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References

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  1. ^ The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., Clarendon Press, 1989.

Anagrams

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-yl

  1. (organic chemistry) -yl

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German

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, wood).

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-yl

  1. (organic chemistry) -yl
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Middle English

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Suffix

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-yl

  1. Alternative form of -el (agentive suffix)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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A new formation from Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, wood, forest; material, matter), from Proto-Indo-European *swel-, *sel- (firewood, wood, beam).

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-yl (definite singular neuter -ylet, definite singular masculine -ylen, indefinite plural -yl or -yler, definite plural -ylene or -yla)

  1. (organic chemistry) Used to form nouns denoting chemical compounds; -yl
    acetyl, akryl, etyl, fenyl, salisylacetyl, acryl, ethyl, phenyl, salicyl

References

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  • “-yl” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).