Etymology of the English word resorcinol
the English word
resorcinolderived from the English word
resinderived from the Old French word
resinederived from the Latin word
resina (resin)
derived from the Greek word
rhetine, ῥητίνη
using the English suffix
-inusing the English suffix
-olderived from the English word
orcinolderived from the New Latin word
resorcinolderived from the New Latin word
resinderived from the New Latin word
orcinolderived from the English word
orchilderived from the Old Catalan word
orxellaDate
The earliest known usage of resorcinol in English dates from the 19th century.
Derivations in English
hexylresorcinol,
resorcinolphthaleinUsage
Word found in Modern English
