Where does “naphthylamine” come from?

naphthylamine (English) comes from English amine, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā.

naphthylamine (English): Either of two isomeric primary amines derived...

Definitions

  1. Either of two isomeric primary amines derived...

Ancestry of “naphthylamine”, step by step

naphthylamine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English amine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishamineA functional group formally derived from ammonia...
2English-ineOf or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;...
3French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
4French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
5Middle French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
6Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
7Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
8Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

via English naphthyl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnaphthylEither of two isomeric univalent radicals...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from English -ine →Every word from French -ine →