Where does “kaliumchloride” come from?
kaliumchloride (Dutch) comes from English chloride, from English chlorine, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a.
kaliumchloride (Dutch): potassium chloride
Definitions
- potassium chloride
Ancestry of “kaliumchloride”, step by step
kaliumchloride traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English chloride
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | chloride | any salt of hydrochloric acid, such as sodium... |
| 2 | English | chlorine | A toxic, green, gaseous chemical element with an... |
| 3 | English | -ine | Of or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;... |
| 4 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 5 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 6 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 7 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 8 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |