capnomor

noun

1. A colourless oil with a peculiar odour, obtained from beech tar.

   dated, uncountable

   To this class of products belong the two empyreumatic oils which Faraday obtained from fat ; also eupione , creosote , picamar , and capnomor

   1868-1881, Henry Watts, A Dictionary of Chemistry

Where it comes from

Borrowed from capno- + Ancient Greek μοῖρα (moîra, “part”), or some other derivative of μείρομαι (meíromai).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry capnomor (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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