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Where does “oxychlorique” come from?

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

oxychlorique (French): oxychloric

Definitions

  1. oxychloric

Ancestry of “oxychlorique”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchchloriquechloric
2Frenchchlorépast participle of chlorer; chlorinated
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...
6French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
7Middle French-é—
8Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
9Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
10Proto-Italic-ā—
11Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →