Where does “dinitronaphthalene” come from?

dinitronaphthalene (English) comes from English Nitro, from English nitrocellulose, from English cellulose, from French cellulose, from French cellule, from Latin cellula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

dinitronaphthalene (English): A chemical compound that has two nitro groups on naphthalene

Definitions

  1. A chemical compound that has two nitro groups on naphthalene

Ancestry of “dinitronaphthalene”, step by step

dinitronaphthalene traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English Nitro

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

via English naphthalene

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnaphthaleneA white crystalline hydrocarbon manufactured from...
2English-álOf or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also
3EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
4GermanAldehydaldehyde
5Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
6Andalusian Arabicكُحُول
7Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
8Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
9Akkadianguḫlumkohl, antimony paste

via English Di

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishDi
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -ulusEvery word from Latin cellula
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