Etymograph

English

halochalcogenate

From halo- + chalcogen + -ate.

Formed from halo- + chalcogen + -ate

Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l ‘salt’

Proto-Hellenic *hā́ls ‘salt’

Ancient Greek ἅλς ‘sea, salt’

English halo-

Today it means

noun A salt or ester of a variant of a chalcogenate, where one oxygen atom is replaced by a halogen.

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