Where does “ferrocyanogen” come from?

ferrocyanogen (English) comes from English Ferro, from Italian ferro, from Latin ferrum, from Cornish -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre — he, she.

ferrocyanogen (English): The tetravalent radical Fe

Definitions

  1. The tetravalent radical Fe

Ancestry of “ferrocyanogen”, step by step

ferrocyanogen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Ferro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishFerroEl Hierro
2Italianferroiron; first-person singular present indicative of...
3Latinferrumiron; any tool made of iron; fight, clash
4Cornish-erForms masculine agent nouns
5English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
6Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
7Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
8Latin-ārefirst conjugation
9Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
10Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
11Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
12Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
13Chichewaiyehe, she

via English cyanogen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcyanogenThe pseudohalogen (CN); a colorless, poisonous gas used as a rocket propellant, an insecticide and in chemical warfare
2Englishcyanoa univalent functional group, -CN, consisting of...
Every word from Chichewa iyeEvery word from English -erEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti