Etymology

perchlorobenzoic

Today it means: Of or pertaining to perchlorobenzoic acid or its derivatives Full definition →

English benzoic ← Middle French benjoin ← Catalan benjuí
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  3. Proto-Italic*per
  4. Latinper
  5. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  6. Proto-Italic*peri-
  7. Latinper-
  8. Englishper-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰelh₃-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰl̥h₃rós
  11. Proto-Hellenic*kʰlōrós
  12. Ancient Greekχλωρός (khlōrós)
  13. Englishchloro-
  14. Englishperchloro
  15. Arabicلُبَان (lubān)
  16. Proto-Indo-European*yew-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*yéwos
  18. Proto-Indo-Iranian*yáwas
  19. Sanskritयव (yava)bor.?
  20. Proto-Austronesian*zawa
  21. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zawader.?
  22. Old Javanesejawa
  23. Old JavaneseJawi
  24. Javaneseꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)
  25. Arabicجَاوَة (jāwa)
  26. Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
  27. Arabicجَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
  28. Arabicلُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)
  29. Catalanbenjuí
  30. Middle Frenchbenjoin
  31. Englishbenzoin
  32. Englishbenzoic
  33. English todayperchlorobenzoic

From perchloro + benzoic.

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