Where does “clorurare” come from?
clorurare (Italian) comes from Romanian clorura, from French chlorure, from French chloré, from English chlorine, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é.
clorurare (Italian): to chlorinate
Definitions
- to chlorinate
Ancestry of “clorurare”, step by step
clorurare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian clorura
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | clorura | to chlorinate |
| 2 | French | chlorure | chloride; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | French | chloré | past participle of chlorer; chlorinated |
| 4 | English | chlorine | A toxic, green, gaseous chemical element with an... |
| 5 | English | -ine | Of or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;... |
| 6 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 7 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 8 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 9 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 10 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |