Where does “chlorination” come from?
Chlorination comes from English chlorine, derived from Ancient Greek χλωρός meaning greenish-yellow, with the suffix -atus from Latin and -ātos from Proto-Italic, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -tós denoting a completed action.
chlorination (English): The act or process of chlorinating something;...
Definitions
- The act or process of chlorinating something;...
Ancestry of “chlorination”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | chlorinate | To add chlorine to |
| 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 | — |