'allylate' originates from the word 'allyl', which is derived from the Latin word 'allium', meaning 'garlic', due to the presence of allyl compounds in garlic.

'allyl' was adopted into English from the Latin 'allium', and 'allylate' was formed by adding the suffix '-ate' to indicate the process of introducing an allyl group.

Initially, it referred to the presence of allyl groups in garlic, but over time it evolved to mean the chemical process of introducing an allyl group into a compound.