Where does “metallophthalocyanine” come from?
metallophthalocyanine (English) comes from English phthalocyanine, from English cyanine, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a.
metallophthalocyanine (English): Any phthalocyanine having a metal at its core
Definitions
- Any phthalocyanine having a metal at its core
Ancestry of “metallophthalocyanine”, step by step
metallophthalocyanine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English phthalocyanine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | phthalocyanine | Any of a family of macrocyclic compounds having a... |
| 2 | English | cyanine | Any of a family of synthetic polymethine blue... |
| 3 | English | -ine | Of or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;... |
| 4 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 5 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 6 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 7 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 8 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
via English metallo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | metallo | — |