Morpheme
-ole
Type
suffix
Denotation
chemical suffix naming unsaturated five-membered ring heterocycles
Etymology
coinage by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), partly from Latin -ole and partly variant of -ol
Evidence
arsole, azole, benzimidazole, bismole, borole, cefazolin, imidazole, indole, isoxazole, isothiazole, metallole, oxazole, oxole, pentazole, phosphole, pyrazole, pyrrole, pyrrole, silole, stannole, stibole, tetrazole, thiazole, thiole, triazole
See Also
Homographs
-(o)l(e) [-ole, -ol, -le], Ole, Ol(e) [Ole, Ol], Ole, Ole, Ole, Ole
