Where does “cloroacetone” come from?

cloroacetone (Italian) comes from Italian acetone, from French acétone, from Latin acētum, from French -ate, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

cloroacetone (Italian): chloroacetone

Definitions

  1. chloroacetone

Ancestry of “cloroacetone”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianacetonenail polish remover
2Frenchacétoneacetone
3Latinacētumvinegar
4French-ateate
5Latin-ātused
6Proto-Italic-ātos—
7Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →