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Where does “chloride” come from?

Chloride comes from English chlorine, derived from Ancient Greek χλωρός, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₂-, referring to a greenish or yellowish color.

chloride (English): any salt of hydrochloric acid, such as sodium...

Definitions

  1. any salt of hydrochloric acid, such as sodium...

Ancestry of “chloride”, step by step

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

Words derived from “chloride”

  • hydrochloride
  • tetrachloride
  • bichloride
  • perchloride
  • trichloride
  • dichloride
  • oxychloride
  • pentachloride
  • dihydrochloride
  • protochloride
  • monochloride
  • subchloride
  • hexachloride
  • monohydrochloride
  • organochloride
  • platinochloride
  • tetrahydrochloride
  • polychloride
  • chloridic
  • chloridize
  • trihydrochloride
  • sulfochloride
  • chloridate
  • oxochloride
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