menthol的词源

英文词源

menthol

menthol: see mint

menthol (n.)

white crystalline substance, 1862, from German Menthol, coined 1861 by Alphons Oppenheim from Latin mentha "mint" (see mint (n.1)) + oleum "oil" (see oil (n.)). So called because it was first obtained from oil of peppermint.

中文词源

menthol：薄荷醇

来自拉丁语mentha,薄荷，词源同mint.-ol,醇。

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