Where does “dinitroaniline” come from?
dinitroaniline (English) comes from English dinitro, from English Nitro, from English nitrocellulose, from English cellulose, from French cellulose, from French cellule, from Latin cellula, from Latin -ulus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
dinitroaniline (English): Any of three isomeric derivatives of aniline...
Definitions
- Any of three isomeric derivatives of aniline...
Ancestry of “dinitroaniline”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | dinitro | Two nitro groups in a chemical compound |
| 2 | English | Nitro | — |
| 3 | English | nitrocellulose | A cotton-like material, made from cellulose by... |
| 4 | English | cellulose | A complex carbohydrate that forms the main... |
| 5 | French | cellulose | cellulose |
| 6 | French | cellule | cell; table cell |
| 7 | Latin | cellula | small room, especially that of a slave; humble... |
| 8 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |