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Where does “clorico” come from?

clorico (Italian) comes from Italian cloro, from New Latin chlorum, from Ancient Greek χλωρός, from Proto-Indo-European ghlo-.

clorico (Italian): chloric

Definitions

  1. chloric

Ancestry of “clorico”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianclorochlorine
2New Latinchlorumchlorine
3Ancient Greekχλωρόςgreenish-yellow, pale green; pale, pallid; fresh,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanghlo-—

Words derived from “clorico”

  • perclorico
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