Etymograph

English

halopropane

From halo- + propane.

Formed from halo- + propane

Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l ‘salt’

Proto-Hellenic *hā́ls ‘salt’

Ancient Greek ἅλς ‘sea, salt’

English halo-

French propionique ‘propionic’

English propane

Today it means

noun 3-bromo-1,1,2,2-tetrafluoropropane, a halocarbon drug investigated as an inhalational anesthetic but never marketed.

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