Where does “chloroethyl” come from?

chloroethyl (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.

chloroethyl (English): Any chloro derivative of an ethyl radical

Definitions

  1. Any chloro derivative of an ethyl radical

Ancestry of “chloroethyl”, step by step

chloroethyl 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 ethyl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishethylThe univalent hydrocarbon radical, CH, formally...
2Ancient GreekΑἰθήρUpper Air
3Ancient GreekαἴθωTo ignite, kindle, light; To burn, blaze
4Proto-Hellenic*áitʰōto ignite

Words derived from “chloroethyl

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en