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Where does “naphthalic” come from?

naphthalic (English) comes from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine, from Latin imāginem, from Latin im- — in.

naphthalic (English): Of, pertaining to, yielding, or derived from...

Definitions

  1. Of, pertaining to, yielding, or derived from...

Ancestry of “naphthalic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
2EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
3Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
4Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
5Spanishimagenimage
6Italianimmagineimage; imago
7Latinimāginem—
8Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
9Latinīn-—
10Latinîn—
11Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
12Proto-Italicenin
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “naphthalic”

  • phthalate
  • phthalic
  • naphthalate
  • isophthalic
  • isophthalate
  • dibutylphthalate
  • phthalyl
  • phthalylsulfathiazole
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