Morpheme
-yl
Type
suffix
Denotation
chemical suffix used in forming names of radicals, literally wood
Etymology
French -yle, Ancient Greek hýlē
Evidence
acrylic, acyl, allyl, amyl, butyl, caffeoyl, cetyl, cubyl, cyclohexyl, decyl, dodecyl, ethanoyl, ethyl, furfuryl, glucosyl, glyceryl, glycyl, hexyl, lysyl, methacryloyl, methanoyl, methyl, methylene, methylphosphonofluoridate, nicotinoyl, octyl, -oyl, phenyl, phytanoyl, pristanoyl, propyl, pteroyl, pyridyl, thienyl, tyrosyl, uranyl, valeryl, -ylene
