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- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰelh₃-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰl̥h₃rós
- Proto-Hellenic*kʰlōrós
- Ancient Greekχλωρός (khlōrós)
- Englishchloro-
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
- Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
- Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
- Latindi-
- Englishdi-
- Egyptiannṯr
- Egyptiannṯrj
- Ancient Greekνῐ́τρον (nĭ́tron)
- Englishnitro-
- Akkadiannapṭumbor.?
- Old Persian*naftah
- Ancient Greekνάφθα (náphtha)
- Latinnaphtha
- Englishnaphth(a)
- Englishnaphthalene
- English todaychlorodinitronaphthalene
From chloro- + di- + nitro- + naphthalene.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.