Where does “percloric” come from?
percloric (Romanian) comes from French perchlorique, from French chlorique, from French chloré, from English chlorine, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é.
percloric (Romanian): perchloric
Definitions
- perchloric
Ancestry of “percloric”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | perchlorique | perchloric |
| 2 | French | chlorique | chloric |
| 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 | — |