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Where does “chlorique” come from?

chlorique (French) comes from French chloré, from English chlorine, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a.

chlorique (French): chloric

Definitions

  1. chloric

Ancestry of “chlorique”, step by step

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

Words derived from “chlorique”

  • perchlorique
  • hydrochlorique
  • hyperchlorique
  • hypochlorique
  • oxychlorique
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →