Where does “dinitrodiphenylamine” come from?

dinitrodiphenylamine (English) comes from English amine, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā.

dinitrodiphenylamine (English): A chemical compound obtained from the reaction of aniline, dinitrochlorobenzene, and soda ash, and used in producing hexanitrodiphenylamine

Definitions

  1. A chemical compound obtained from the reaction of aniline, dinitrochlorobenzene, and soda ash, and used in producing hexanitrodiphenylamine

Ancestry of “dinitrodiphenylamine”, step by step

dinitrodiphenylamine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English amine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishamineA functional group formally derived from ammonia...
2English-ineOf or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;...
3French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
4Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
5Middle Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
6Old Frenchused to form past participles of regular -er...
7Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
8Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

via English phenyl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishphenylA univalent hydrocarbon radical formally derived...
2Frenchphénylephenyl
3French-yle
4Ancient GreekὝληwood; trees; forest
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswel-to smolder; burn; scorch; beam, board, frame,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from English -ineEvery word from French -ine