Where does “hlorskābe” come from?

hlorskābe (Latvian) comes from Latvian hlors, from English chlorine, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a.

hlorskābe (Latvian): chloric acid

Definitions

  1. chloric acid

Ancestry of “hlorskābe”, step by step

hlorskābe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latvian hlors

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianhlorschlorine
2EnglishchlorineA toxic, green, gaseous chemical element with an...
3English-ineOf or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;...
4French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
5French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
6Middle French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
7Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
8Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
9Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
10Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

via Latvian skābe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianskābeacid
2Latvianskābtto become, go sour, acid; to become sour, surly,...
3Latvianskābti—
4Proto-Balticskāb-ti/tey—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskēb-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from English -ine →Every word from French -ine →