Where does “heptachlorinated” come from?

heptachlorinated (English) comes from English chlorinated — simple past tense and past participle of...

heptachlorinated (English): Modified by the addition of seven atoms of chlorine

Definitions

  1. Modified by the addition of seven atoms of chlorine

Ancestry of “heptachlorinated”, step by step

heptachlorinated traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English chlorinated

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishchlorinatedsimple past tense and past participle of...

via English hepta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishheptaseven
Every word from English chlorinated
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