Etymology

metachloral

M3E1T1A1C3H4L1O1R1A1L1

Today it means: A white, amorphous, insoluble substance regarded as a polymeric variety of chloral. Full definition →

English chloral ← Middle English alcofol ← Medieval Latin alcoho
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*me
  2. Proto-Indo-European*meth₂?
  3. Ancient Greekμετᾰ́ (metắ)
  4. Ancient Greekμετᾰ- (metă-)
  5. Englishmeta-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰelh₃-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰl̥h₃rós
  8. Proto-Hellenic*kʰlōrós
  9. Ancient Greekχλωρός (khlōrós)
  10. Englishchlorine
  11. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  12. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  13. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  14. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  15. Medieval Latinalcoho
  16. Middle Englishalcofol
  17. Englishalcohol
  18. Englishchloral
  19. English todaymetachloral

From meta- + chloral.

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