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isoalkane

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῐ̓́σος (ĭ́sos)lbor. English iso- Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic كُحُول (kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholbor. German Alk(ohol) Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. German -yl German Alkyl German alk- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānusder. German -an German Alkanbor. English alkane English isoalkane From iso- (“isomeric”) + alkane.

isoalkanes (plural)

isobutane isopentane isohexane

What does isoalkane mean?: Any branched-chain alkane, but especially one having a methyl group attached to the penultimate carbon atom of the main chain
Where does isoalkane come from?: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῐ̓́σος (ĭ́sos)lbor. English iso- Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic كُحُول (kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholbor. German Alk(ohol) Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. German -yl German Alkyl German alk- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānusder. German -an German Alkanbor. English alkane English isoalkane From iso- (“isomeric”) + alkane.

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