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...
4Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
5Middle Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
6Old Frenchused to form past participles of regular -er...
7Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
8Proto-ItalicForms 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 -éh₂Every word from English -ineEvery word from French -ine