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Where does “chromate” come from?

Chromate comes from English chromic combined with Latin -atus, a suffix from Proto-Italic -ātos and Proto-Indo-European -tós, marking a completed or affected state.

chromate (English): any salt of chromic acid; in solution the yellow...

Definitions

  1. any salt of chromic acid; in solution the yellow...

Ancestry of “chromate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-atehaving the specified thing; characterized by the...
2English-cyUsed to form nouns of state, condition or quality...
3Anglo-Norman-cie—
4Latin-tiaoffice, rank
5Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
6Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
7Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
8Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “chromate”

  • bichromate
  • dichromate
  • chlorochromate
  • polychromate
  • trichromate
  • tetrachromate
  • chromatize
  • arsenochromate
  • chromatian
  • bichromatize
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