polyaromatic

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Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der.

Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús

Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor.

English poly-

Ancient Greek ἄρωμα (árōma)

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Hellenic *-tis

Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs)

Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Hellenic *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

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Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Hellenic *-tós

Ancient Greek -τος (-tos)

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Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

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Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós)

Ancient Greek ἀρωματικός (arōmatikós)bor.

Late Latin arōmaticusder.

Old French aromatique

Middle Frenchbor.

Middle English

English aromatic

English polyaromatic

polyaromatic (comparative more polyaromatic, superlative most polyaromatic)

(chemistry) Containing more than one aromatic ring system, especially several such rings fused together.
- 2022 February 9, Karen McVeigh, “‘Oil spills of our time’: experts sound alarm about plastic lost in cargo ship disasters ”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian (Seascape: the state of our oceans section)‎^[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 October 2026:
  Researchers analysed samples of nurdles and burnt lumps of plastic from four Sri Lankan beaches for heavy metals and various chemicals, including benzotriazole UV-stabilisers, which are used to prevent discoloration in plastics, bisphenols and polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).

polyaromatic (plural polyaromatics)