Etymology

dichloramine

D2I1C3H4L1O1R1A1M3I1N1E1

Today it means: Any chloramine having two chlorine atoms linked to the nitrogen, but especially the simplest such compound NHCl₂ Full definition →

English chloramine ← Latin di- ← Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
  4. Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
  5. Latindi-
  6. Englishdi-
  7. Englishchloramine
  8. English todaydichloramine

From di- + chloramine.

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