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Where does “bromine” come from?

Bromine comes from French brome, derived from Ancient Greek βρῶμος, a term for a type of oat or grass plant.

bromine (English): A nonmetallic chemical element with an atomic...

Definitions

  1. A nonmetallic chemical element with an atomic...

Ancestry of “bromine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-ineOf or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;...
2French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
3French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
4Middle French-é—
5Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
6Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
7Proto-Italic-ā—
8Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “bromine”

  • bromide
  • hydrobromide
  • dibromide
  • bromination
  • bromism
  • tetrabromide
  • bromidic
  • tribromide
  • debromination
  • pentabromide
  • monobromide
  • bromal
  • organobromine
  • perbromide
  • dihydrobromide
  • hexabromide
  • protobromide
  • polybromide
  • brominate
  • dibromine
  • bromanil
  • radiobromine
  • bromidism
  • monobromination
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