Where does “nitroalizarin” come from?
nitroalizarin (English) comes from English alizarin, from Ottoman Turkish آلیزارین, from French alizarine, from French alizari, from Greek αλιζάρι, from Ottoman Turkish آلاجهری, from Ottoman Turkish جهری, from Persian چهره.
nitroalizarin (English): Any of a number of dyes produced by the addition of a nitro group to alizarin
Definitions
- Any of a number of dyes produced by the addition of a nitro group to alizarin
Ancestry of “nitroalizarin”, step by step
nitroalizarin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English alizarin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | alizarin | A red substance, 1,2-dihydroxyanthraquinone,... |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | آلیزارین | — |
| 3 | French | alizarine | alizarin |
| 4 | French | alizari | alizari |
| 5 | Greek | αλιζάρι | madder |
| 6 | Ottoman Turkish | آلاجهری | speckled buckthorn berries, i. e. yellow-berries,... |
| 7 | Ottoman Turkish | جهری | the yellowberry, fruit of {{taxlink|Rhamnus... |
| 8 | Persian | چهره | visage; face |
| 9 | Middle Persian | 𐭰𐭧𐭫𐭪𐭩 | face |
| 10 | Old Persian | *čiθrakah | — |
| 11 | Proto-Iranian | *čiθrákah | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | čitrás | bright, clear, shining |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | *kit-ró-s | — |
via English Nitro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Nitro | The univalent NO2 functional group |
| 2 | English | nitrocellulose | A cotton-like material, made from cellulose by... |
| 3 | English | cellulose | A complex carbohydrate that forms the main... |
| 4 | French | cellulose | cellulose |
| 5 | French | cellule | cell; table cell |
| 6 | Latin | cellula | small room, especially that of a slave; humble... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |