Where does “nitrosyl” come from?
nitrosyl (English) comes from English nitrose, from English Nitro, from English nitrocellulose, from English cellulose, from French cellulose, from French cellule, from Latin cellula, from Latin -ulus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
nitrosyl (English): The univalent radical -NO
Definitions
- The univalent radical -NO
Ancestry of “nitrosyl”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | nitrose | Alternative form of nitrous |
| 2 | English | Nitro | The univalent NO2 functional group |
| 3 | English | nitrocellulose | A cotton-like material, made from cellulose by... |
| 4 | English | cellulose | A complex carbohydrate that forms the main... |
| 5 | French | cellulose | cellulose |
| 6 | French | cellule | cell; table cell |
| 7 | Latin | cellula | small room, especially that of a slave; humble... |
| 8 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |