Etymograph

English

halocarbon

From halo- + carbon.

A compound of halo- + carbon

Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l ‘salt’

Proto-Hellenic *hā́ls ‘salt’

Ancient Greek ἅλς ‘sea, salt’

English halo-

Latin carbō ‘charcoal’

French carbone

English carbon

Today it means

noun any compound formally derived from a hydrocarbon by replacing at least one hydrogen atom with a halogen, but especially by replacing all hydrogen atoms with halogen(s)

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