Etymograph

English

haloethane

From halo- + ethane.

Formed from halo- + ethane

Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l ‘salt’

Proto-Hellenic *hā́ls ‘salt’

Ancient Greek ἅλς ‘sea, salt’

English halo-

Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη ‘wood’

German Ethy

English ethyl

English ethane

Today it means

noun Any compound consisting of a ethane molecule with one or more of the hydrogen atoms replaced by halogen atoms.

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