Where does “tetranitrate” come from?

tetranitrate (English) comes from English nitrate, from French nitrate — nitrate.

tetranitrate (English): Any compound containing four nitrate groups

Definitions

  1. Any compound containing four nitrate groups

Ancestry of “tetranitrate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnitrateAny salt or ester of nitric acid; To treat, or...
2Frenchnitratenitrate
Every word from French nitrate →Every word from English nitrate →