lysol
‘a trademark used for a liquid antiseptic and disinfectant’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
Gk. lysis ‘dissolution, dissolving’ < lyein ‘to unfasten, loose, loosen, untie’ + -ol ‘oil’ < lai < leu- < Tamil aṟuttal
lysol
‘a trademark used for a liquid antiseptic and disinfectant’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
Gk. lysis ‘dissolution, dissolving’ < lyein ‘to unfasten, loose, loosen, untie’ + -ol ‘oil’ < lai < leu- < Tamil aṟuttal
English words derived from Tamil aṟuttal connoting ‘cutting’