English
euchloric
Euchloric comes from Ancient Greek εὔχλωρος ‘greenish’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰelh₃-‘green, yellow’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰl̥h₃rósreconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*kʰlōrós‘greenish-yellow, pale green’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEχλωρόςkhlōrós‘pale green’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEεὔχλωροςeúkhlōros‘greenish’
- Englishearliest quotation 1815euchloric
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰelh₃-‘green, yellow’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰl̥h₃rósreconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*kʰlōrós‘greenish-yellow, pale green’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEχλωρόςkhlōrós‘pale green’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEεὔχλωροςeúkhlōros‘greenish’
- Englishearliest quotation 1815euchloric
Earliest quotation: 1815, Thomas Thomson: “And Davy does not say that the euchloric acid…”
The story
Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- ‘green, yellow’
gold, fell, yellow, gall, cholera, gullible, yolk, felon, glib, gild, choline, zloty, 27 more
through Ancient Greek χλωρός ‘pale green’
Today it means
adj Relating to, or consisting of, euchlorine.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- / euchloric