Etymology

haloimide

H4A1L1O1I1M3I1D2E1

Today it means: Any halogen substituted imide Full definition →

English imide ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← Latin ammoniacus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂l
  2. Proto-Hellenic*hā́ls
  3. Ancient Greekᾰ̔́λς (hắls)
  4. Englishhalo-
  5. Ancient GreekᾸ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)
  6. LatinAmmōn
  7. Latinammoniacus
  8. Englishammonia
  9. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  10. Englishamide
  11. Englishimide
  12. English todayhaloimide

From halo- + imide.

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