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Where does “Chlor” come from?

Chlor (German) 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.

Chlor (German): chlorine

Definitions

  1. chlorine

Ancestry of “Chlor”, 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 “Chlor”

  • Chlorkalk
  • Chlorbleiche
  • Chlorung
  • Fluorchlorkohlenwasserstoff
  • Chlorwasser
  • Chlorpentafluorid
  • Chlorstrom
  • Chlortrifluorid
  • Chlorgas
  • Chlorphenol
  • Chlorfluorid
  • Chlorknallgasreaktion
  • Chlorknallgas
  • Chloroxid
  • Chlordioxid
  • Chlorverbindung
  • Chlorwasserstofflösung
  • Chlorwasserstoff
  • chlorähnlich
  • chlororganisch
  • chlorhaltig
  • chlorfrei
  • Chlorsäure
  • Chlorwasserstoffmolekül
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