Where does “tetrahalide” come from?
tetrahalide (English) comes from English halide, from English -ide, from Middle French -ide, from Latin -is, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
tetrahalide (English): Any halide having four halogen atoms
Definitions
- Any halide having four halogen atoms
Ancestry of “tetrahalide”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | halide | A salt of any halogen acid |
| 2 | English | -ide | Any of a group of related compounds - azide,... |
| 3 | Middle French | -ide | — |
| 4 | Latin | -is | suffixed to the root of nouns in composition,... |
| 5 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ā | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |