-ol

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 241 words | Copyright

-ol (chem.) terminal syll. of alcohol, used to form names of substances which are alcohols in the wider sense, or compounds analogous to alcohol, e.g. methol, naphthol, phenol. From phenol the ending has been transferred to the phenol group.

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