alkoxide

[ al-kok-sahyd, -sid ]

noun

, Chemistry.

1. a compound formed from an alcohol by the replacement of the hydrogen of the hydroxyl group with a metal, as sodium methoxide, CH 3 ONa, from methyl alcohol, CH 3 OH.

Word History and Origins

Origin of alkoxide¹

alk(yl) + ox(y)- ² + -ide ( def )