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- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰelh₃-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰl̥h₃rós
- Proto-Hellenic*kʰlōrós
- Ancient Greekχλωρός (khlōrós)
- Englishchlorine
- Englishchlorinate
- English todaychlorinator
From chlorinate + -or.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
chlorinator
Today it means: That which chlorinates. Full definition →
English chlorinate ← Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós) ← Proto-Hellenic *kʰlōrós