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Where does “chlorpicrin” come from?

chlorpicrin (English) comes from English chlor- — Form of chloro- used mainly before a vowel.

chlorpicrin (English): A heavy, colourless, pungent liquid, CCl.NO,...

Definitions

  1. A heavy, colourless, pungent liquid, CCl.NO,...

Ancestry of “chlorpicrin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishchlor-Form of chloro- used mainly before a vowel
Every word from English chlor- →