Etymology

debrominate

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Today it means: To remove bromine atoms, especially those added by a previous bromination Full definition →

English brominate ← French brome ← Ancient Greek βρῶμος (brômos)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Ancient Greekβρῶμος (brômos)
  8. Frenchbrome
  9. Englishbrome
  10. Englishbromine
  11. Englishbrominate
  12. English todaydebrominate

From de- + brominate.

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