Where does “alcalin” come from?

alcalin (French) comes from French -in, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

alcalin (French): alkaline

Definitions

  1. alkaline

Ancestry of “alcalin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-inadjectival suffix; nominal suffix
2Latin-īnusof or pertaining to; -ine
3Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
4Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
5Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

Words derived from “alcalin”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →Every word from Latin -īnus →Every word from French -in →