Where does “bromoil” come from?

bromoil (English) comes from English bromide, from English Ide, from French ide, from Latin Idus, from Swedish id, from Old Swedish idhe, from Old Norse *iði, from Old Norse iðja — work; a restless motion.

bromoil (English): An early photographic process that starts with a normally developed print exposed onto a silver-bromide paper that is then chemically bleached, hardened and fixed

Definitions

  1. An early photographic process that starts with a normally developed print exposed onto a silver-bromide paper that is then chemically bleached, hardened and fixed

Ancestry of “bromoil”, step by step

bromoil traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English bromide

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbromideA binary compound of bromine and some other...
2EnglishIdenamed after Saint Ida OS grid ref SX8990
3Frenchideide fish
4LatinIdusAlternative form of īdūs: the ides of a Roman...
5Swedishideffort, work, occupation; the tree "Taxus...
6Old Swedishidhe
7Old Norse*iði
8Old Norseiðjato be active, do, perform
9Old Norsework; a restless motion

via English oil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishoilLiquid fat; Petroleum-based liquid used as fuel...
2Middle EnglishoyleThe oil pressed from olives; olive oil; Oil as...
3Old Frenchoileoil
4Latinoleumolive oil; the palaestra
5Ancient Greekἔλαιονolive oil, commonly used as an anointing oil; any...
6Ancient Greekἐλαίαolive tree; olive; naevus
7Proto-Hellenicelaíwā
8Proto-Indo-Europeanloiwom
Every word from Old Norse