Meanings
nounchlorovinyldichloroarsine (uncountable)
- uncountablechemistrylewisite
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰelh₃-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰl̥h₃rós
- Proto-Hellenic*kʰlōrós
- Ancient Greekχλωρός (khlōrós)
- Englishchloro-
- Proto-Indo-European*weh₁y-?
- Proto-Indo-European*wéyh₁ō
- Proto-Italic*wīnom
- Latinvīnum
- Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
- Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
- Englishvinyl
- Englishchlorovinyl
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
- Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
- Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
- Latindi-
- Englishdi-
- Englishchloro-
- Englishdichloro-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰelh₃-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰl̥h₃enyom
- Proto-Indo-Iranian*ȷ́ʰr̥Hanyam
- Proto-Iranian*jr̥Hanyam
- Old Median*zaranyam
- Old Median*kā
- Old Median*zaraniyakā
- Middle Persian*zarnīk
- Classical Syriacܙܪܢܝܟܐ (zarnīḵā)
- Arabicالزَرْنِيخ (az-zarnīḵ)
- Medieval Greekἀρσενικόν (arsenikón)
- Latinarsenicum
- Middle Frencharsenic
- Middle Englisharsenik
- Englisharsenic
- Englisharsine
- Englishchlorovinyldichloroarsine
From chlorovinyl + dichloro- + arsine.
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APA
chlorovinyldichloroarsine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chlorovinyldichloroarsine
MLA
“chlorovinyldichloroarsine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chlorovinyldichloroarsine. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chlorovinyldichloroarsine,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chlorovinyldichloroarsine.
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