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

  1. Any of three isomeric derivatives of aniline...

Ancestry of “dinitroaniline”, step by step

dinitroaniline traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English dinitro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdinitroTwo nitro groups in a chemical compound
2EnglishNitroThe univalent NO2 functional group
3EnglishnitrocelluloseA cotton-like material, made from cellulose by...
4EnglishcelluloseA complex carbohydrate that forms the main...
5Frenchcellulosecellulose
6Frenchcellulecell; table cell
7Latincellulasmall room, especially that of a slave; humble...
8Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
9Proto-Italic-olos
10Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
11Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
12Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via English aniline

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishanilineThe simplest aromatic amine, CHNH, synthesized by...
2EnglishanilThe indigo shrub; or the indigo dye obtained from...
3Portugueseanilindigo
4Arabicنِيلindigo
5Persianنیلindigo
6Arabicنيلverbal noun of نَالَ; indigo; to colour indigo
7Middle Persian𐭭𐭩𐭫indigo
8Sanskritनीलof a dark color
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanneyH-to lead
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós