English

haloalkoxy

From halo- + alkoxy.

Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l ‘salt’

Proto-Hellenic *hā́ls ‘salt’

Ancient Greek ἅλς ‘sea, salt’

English halo-

Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’

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Proto-Hellenic *génos ‘race’

Ancient Greek γένος ‘race, stock, kin’

French oxygène ‘oxygen’

English oxygen

Today it means

noun Any halogenated alkoxy group

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / haloalkoxy