Etymology

brominate

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Today it means: To treat or react with bromine or hydrobromic acid, to introduce bromine into a compound. Full definition →

English bromine ← French brome ← Ancient Greek βρῶμος (brômos)
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  1. Ancient Greekβρῶμος (brômos)
  2. Frenchbrome
  3. Englishbrome
  4. Englishbromine
  5. English todaybrominate

From bromine + -ate.

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