Where does “chloroplatinic” come from?
chloroplatinic (English) comes from English platinic, from French platinique, from French platine, from French plat, from Middle French plat, from Old French plat, from Vulgar Latin plattus, from Ancient Greek πλατύς — flat.
chloroplatinic (English): Of or pertaining to chloroplatinic acid or its...
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to chloroplatinic acid or its...
Ancestry of “chloroplatinic”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | platinic | Containing tetravalent platinum |
| 2 | French | platinique | platinic |
| 3 | French | platine | platinum; platter; turntable |
| 4 | French | plat | flat; a flat area of ground; a flat thing; a flat... |
| 5 | Middle French | plat | — |
| 6 | Old French | plat | a footbridge |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | plattus | flattened; flat; smooth |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πλατύς | wide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pléth₂us | flat, broad |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pleth₂- | flat |