Where does “trinitrosyl” come from?
trinitrosyl (English) comes from English nitrosyl, from English nitrose, from English Nitro, from English nitrocellulose, from English cellulose, from French cellulose, from French cellule, from Latin cellula — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
trinitrosyl (English): Three nitrosyl groups in a compound
Definitions
- Three nitrosyl groups in a compound
Ancestry of “trinitrosyl”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | nitrosyl | The univalent radical -NO |
| 2 | English | nitrose | Alternative form of nitrous |
| 3 | English | Nitro | — |
| 4 | English | nitrocellulose | A cotton-like material, made from cellulose by... |
| 5 | English | cellulose | A complex carbohydrate that forms the main... |
| 6 | French | cellulose | cellulose |
| 7 | French | cellule | cell; table cell |
| 8 | Latin | cellula | small room, especially that of a slave; humble... |
| 9 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |