Where does “bentsyylikloridi” come from?

bentsyylikloridi (Finnish) comes from Finnish kloridi, from English chloride, from English chlorine, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é.

bentsyylikloridi (Finnish): benzyl chloride

Definitions

  1. benzyl chloride

Ancestry of “bentsyylikloridi”, step by step

bentsyylikloridi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kloridi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkloridichloride
2Englishchlorideany salt of hydrochloric acid, such as sodium...
3EnglishchlorineA toxic, green, gaseous chemical element with an...
4English-ineOf or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;...
5French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
6Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
7Middle Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
8Old Frenchused to form past participles of regular -er...
9Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
10Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
11Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

via Finnish bentsyyli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishbentsyylibenzyl group, benzyl univalent radical C6H5-CH2
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂
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