Where does “Trichlorethan” come from?

Trichlorethan (German) comes from German Chlor, from French chloré, from English chlorine, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é.

Trichlorethan (German): trichloroethane

Definitions

  1. trichloroethane

Ancestry of “Trichlorethan”, step by step

Trichlorethan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Chlor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanChlorchlorine
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...
6Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
7Middle Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
8Old Frenchused to form past participles of regular -er...
9Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
10Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
11Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

via German Ethan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanEthanethane
2Germananon; upon; at; in; against; by; near; close to;...
3Middle High Germanānewithout
4Old High Germanānawithout
5Proto-West Germanicanaon
6Proto-Germanic*an
7Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂
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