Where does “nitroso” come from?

nitroso (Portuguese) comes from Latin nitrōsus — full of various nitrogen-containing chemicals.

nitroso (Portuguese): nitrous

Definitions

  1. nitrous

Ancestry of “nitroso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnitrōsusfull of various nitrogen-containing chemicals
Every word from Latin nitrōsus