benzoporphyrin

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic لُبَان (lubān)

Proto-Indo-European *yew-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *yéwos

Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwas

Sanskrit यव (yava)bor.?

Proto-Austronesian *zawa

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zawader.?

Old Javanese jawa

Old Javanese -i

Old Javanese Jawi

Javanese ꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)der.

Arabic جَاوَة (jāwa)

Proto-Afroasiatic

Proto-Semitic

Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy)

Arabic جَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)

Arabic لُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)bor.

Catalan benjuíder.

Middle French benjoinder.

English benzoin

English benzo-

German Porphyrinbor.

English porphyrin

English benzoporphyrin

From benzo- + porphyrin.

Noun

benzoporphyrin (plural benzoporphyrins)

1. (organic chemistry) Any compound whose structure is that of a porphyrin with one or more benzene rings fused to its pyrrole rings.