Where does “chloroformum” come from?

chloroformum (Latin) comes from English chloroform, from French chloroforme — chloroform.

chloroformum (Latin): chloroform

Definitions

  1. chloroform

Ancestry of “chloroformum”, step by step

chloroformum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English chloroform

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishchloroformA halogenated hydrocarbon, trichloromethane,...
2Frenchchloroformechloroform

via German Chloroform

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanChloroformchloroform
Every word from French chloroforme →Every word from English chloroform →