Where does “dichlorobiphenyl” come from?

dichlorobiphenyl (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.

dichlorobiphenyl (English): Either of twelve isomers of the polychlorinated...

Definitions

  1. Either of twelve isomers of the polychlorinated...

Ancestry of “dichlorobiphenyl”, step by step

dichlorobiphenyl traces back through 3 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 biphenyl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbiphenylA colourless solid hydrocarbon, CH, consisting of...
2EnglishphenylA univalent hydrocarbon radical formally derived...
3Frenchphénylephenyl
4French-yle
5Ancient GreekὝληwood; trees; forest
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswel-to smolder; burn; scorch; beam, board, frame,...

via English Di

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishDi
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en