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Where does “perkloorihappo” come from?

perkloorihappo (Finnish) comes from Finnish kloorihappo, from Finnish kloori, from Swedish klor, from English chlorine, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é.

perkloorihappo (Finnish): perchloric acid

Definitions

  1. perchloric acid

Ancestry of “perkloorihappo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkloorihappo—
2Finnishkloorichlorine
3Swedishklorchlorine
4EnglishchlorineA toxic, green, gaseous chemical element with an...
5English-ineOf or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;...
6French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
7French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
8Middle French-é—
9Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
10Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
11Proto-Italic-ā—
12Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
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