what is the origin of the word acetyl ?

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What is the origin of the word acetyl?
The earliest known use of the noun acetyl is in the 1840s. OED's earliest evidence for acetyl is from 1840, in the writing of Thomas Graham, chemist. acetyl is a borrowing from German. Etymons: German Acetyl.
 

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