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Where does “carbochlorination” come from?

carbochlorination (English) comes from English chlorination, from English chlorinate, from English chlorine, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é.

carbochlorination (English): Reaction with carbon and chlorine, either as the...

Definitions

  1. Reaction with carbon and chlorine, either as the...

Ancestry of “carbochlorination”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishchlorinationThe act or process of chlorinating something;...
2EnglishchlorinateTo add chlorine to
3EnglishchlorineA toxic, green, gaseous chemical element with an...
4English-ineOf or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;...
5French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
6French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
7Middle French-é—
8Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
9Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
10Proto-Italic-ā—
11Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →