Etymology

hypobromite

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Today it means: any salt or ester of hypobromous acid Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Ancient Greekῠ̔πό (hŭpó)
  3. Ancient Greekὑπο- (hupo-)
  4. Englishhypo-
  5. Ancient Greekβρῶμος (brômos)
  6. Frenchbrome
  7. Englishbrome
  8. Englishbromine
  9. Englishbromite
  10. English todayhypobromite

From hypo- + bromite.

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