Πέμπτη 6 Ιουνίου 2013

მეთილი • (met'ili)=methyl=μεθύλιο

მეთილი • (met'ili)=methyl=
μεθύλιο
WIKTIONARY: Etymology

From the German Methyl; compare the French méthyle.

French chemists Jean-Baptiste Dumas and Eugene Peligot, after determining methanol's chemical structure, introduced "methylene" from the Ancient Greek μέθυ (methy, “wine”) + ὕλη (hulē, “wood (patch of trees)”) with the intention of highlighting its origins, "alcohol made from wood (substance)", but with Greek language errors: the Greek for "wood (substance)" is xylo- (Ancient Greek ξύλον (ksulon, “wood”)). The term "methyl" was derived in about 1840 by back-formation from "methylene", and was then applied to describe "methyl alcohol".

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