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Where does “polialogenato” come from?

polialogenato (Italian) comes from Italian alogenato, from Italian alogenare, from Italian alogeno, from Italian -geno, from Italian tossicità, from Italian -ità, from Latin -īta, from Ancient Greek -ίτης — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

polialogenato (Italian): polyhalogenated

Definitions

  1. polyhalogenated

Ancestry of “polialogenato”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianalogenatopast participle of alogenare; halogenated
2Italianalogenareto halogenate
3Italianalogenohalogen; Halogen; first-person singular present...
4Italian-geno-genic, -genous; -gen
5Italiantossicitàtoxicity
6Italian-itàUsed to form abstract nouns that correspond to...
7Latin-īta—
8Ancient Greek-ίτηςSuffix forming a masculine noun: one connected...
9Ancient Greekπολῑ́τηςcitizen
10Ancient Greek-τηςForms nouns representing a state of being; Added...
11Proto-Hellenic-tāts—
12Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
13Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
14Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
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