English

haloether

From halo- + ether.

Formed from halo- + ether

Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l ‘salt’

Proto-Hellenic *hā́ls ‘salt’

Ancient Greek ἅλς ‘sea, salt’

English halo-

Anglo-Norman ether

Middle English ēther ‘the caelum aetherum of ancient cosmology in…’

English ether

Today it means

noun Any halogenated ether

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

Etymograph / haloether