Where does “chloroacetic” come from?

chloroacetic (English) comes from English chloro, from English genic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine — in.

chloroacetic (English): Of or pertaining to chloroacetic acid and its...

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to chloroacetic acid and its...

Ancestry of “chloroacetic”, step by step

chloroacetic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English chloro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishchloro
2Englishgenicof, relating to, produced by, or being a gene
3English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
4EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
5Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
6Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
7Spanishimagenimage
8Italianimmagineimage; imago
9Latinimāginem
10Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
11Latinīn-un-, non-, not
12Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
13Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
14Proto-Italicenin
15Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English acetic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishaceticOf, pertaining to, or producing vinegar; Of or...
2Frenchacétiqueacetic
3Latinacētumvinegar
4French-ateate
5Latin-ātused
6Proto-Italic-ātos
7Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en