Where does “haloalcano” come from?

haloalcano (Spanish) comes from Spanish halo-, from Ancient Greek ἅλς, from Ancient Greek -ῐος, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

haloalcano (Spanish): haloalkane

Definitions

  1. haloalkane

Ancestry of “haloalcano”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishhalo-halo- indicates salt
2Ancient Greekἅλςsalt; brine; sea
3Ancient Greek-ῐοςbelonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to
4Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐος →Every word from Ancient Greek ἅλς →