oleoyl etymology

English word oleoyl comes from English oxygen, English oleo- (Oil or oil-based materials.)

Detailed word origin of oleoyl

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
oxygen English (eng) (countable) An atom of this element.. (medicine) A mixture of oxygen and other gases, administered to a patient to help him or her to breathe.. A chemical element (symbol O) with an atomic number of 8 and relative atomic mass of 15.9994.. Molecular oxygen (O2), a colorless, odorless gas at room temperature.
oleo- English (eng) Oil or oil-based materials.
oleoyl English (eng) (organic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent carbonyl radical derived from oleic acid.

Words with the same origin as oleoyl

Descendants of oxygen
Cwm Silicon Silicon Glen Silicon Valley aminoanthraquinone anoxic carbon chyazic acid disiloxane halon hydrogen hydrogode ketoxime oligosiloxane oxime pentasiloxane phlorone polysilicon quinoid quinone silico- silicoflagellate silicon photonics sodium thucholite trisiloxane
Descendants of oleo-
olein oleochemical oleochemistry oleocystidium oleodistillate oleograph oleogum oleomargarine oleophilic oleophobic oleophobicity oleoresin