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Where does “hydrochloride” come from?

Hydrochloride is a compound term combining hydro- from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ meaning water, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European wódr̥ and wed-, with chloride from chlorine.

hydrochloride (English): A compound of hydrochloric acid with an organic...

Definitions

  1. A compound of hydrochloric acid with an organic...

Ancestry of “hydrochloride”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishchlorideany salt of hydrochloric acid, such as sodium...
2EnglishchlorineA toxic, green, gaseous chemical element with an...
3English-ineOf or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;...
4French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
5French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
6Middle French-é—
7Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
8Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
9Proto-Italic-ā—
10Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “hydrochloride”

  • dihydrochloride
  • monohydrochloride
  • tetrahydrochloride
  • trihydrochloride
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →