chloro-
English
prefix
Definitions
- Green in color.
- (chemistry) Containing chlorine.
Etymology
Root from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (shine, yellow, gleam, green, glisten, flourish).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵʰelh₃-
Gloss
shine, yellow, gleam, green, glisten, flourish
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
黄
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- acetate English
- acetone English
- benzene English
- butadiene English
- carbene English
- chloride English
- chlorobutane English
- chlorodifluoromethane English
- chlorodimethylsilane English
- chlorotrifluoroethylene English
- cyclohexane English
- di- English
- dichlorobutane English
- dichlorocarbene English
- dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane English
- difluoro English
- dimethyl English
- dimethylchlorosilane English
- ethylene English
- fluoro- English
- guilder English
- hexa- English
- hexachloroacetone English
- hexachlorobenzene English
- hexachlorobutadiene English
- hexachlorocyclohexane English
- methane English
- para- English
- parachlorophenoxyacetate English
- phenoxy English
- polychlorotrifluoroethylene English
- silane English
- tri- English
- trichloro English
- trichloroacetaldehyde English
- trichloroacetic English
- trichloroethane English
- trichlorofluoromethane English
- trichlorophenol English
- fel Latin
- fel, felle Latin
- glisco Latin
- zöld Hungarian
- geel Dutch, Flemish
- gouden Dutch, Flemish
- желтеть Russian
- желтуха Russian
- δαρεικός Ancient Greek
- ζέλκια Ancient Greek
- κάλαθος Ancient Greek
- χλωρός Ancient Greek
- χλόη Ancient Greek
- χολέρα Ancient Greek
- χολέρᾰ Ancient Greek
- χολή Ancient Greek
- χόλος Ancient Greek
- ἀρσενικόν Ancient Greek
- *gel- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰelh₃-, *ǵʰelh₃-os- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰelh₃wós Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰlh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰl̥h₃-en-yo-m Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰl̥h₃enyom, *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰl̥tóm Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰolh₃-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰolh₃tom Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰĺ̥tom Proto-Indo-European
- gulne Norwegian Bokmål
- *gelwaz Proto-Germanic
- *glōdiz Proto-Germanic
- *gulaz Proto-Germanic
- *gulþą Proto-Germanic
- *gulþīnaz Proto-Germanic
- złotawy Polish
- złoty Polish
- gulna Norwegian Nynorsk
- gulne Norwegian Nynorsk
- ġeolwian Old English
- colerik Middle English
- gilder Middle English
- gulr Old Norse
- gylden Danish
- *zelenъ Proto-Slavic
- *zelьje Proto-Slavic
- *zolto Proto-Slavic
- *zoltъ Proto-Slavic
- *žьltъ Proto-Slavic
- colere Old French
- لاجورد Persian
- gold Old High German
- glanaid Old Irish
- giallee Manx
- güldīn Middle High German
- giel Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *gello- Proto-Celtic
- *glanos Proto-Celtic
- *glastos Proto-Celtic
- glibberich Middle Low German
- gülden Middle Low German
- *ȷ́ʰárHiš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- gowd Scots
- yella Scots
- žalias Lithuanian
- geel German Low German
- *gilˀtas Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *gilˀtos Proto-Balto-Slavic
- ܙܪܢܝܟܐ Classical Syriac
- gułd Vilamovian
- *gilˀtos bat-pro
- *želtas bat-pro
- *zarn Parthian
- di-
- tri-
- hexa-
- para-
- silane
- fluoro-
- acetate
- benzene
- carbene
- guilder
- phenoxy
- methane
- acetone
- dimethyl
- chloride
- ethylene
- difluoro
- trichloro
- butadiene
- cyclohexane
- chlorobutane
- dichlorobutane
- trichlorophenol
- trichloroacetic
- dichlorocarbene
- trichloroethane
- hexachlorobenzene
- hexachloroacetone
- hexachlorobutadiene
- chlorodimethylsilane
- dimethylchlorosilane
- hexachlorocyclohexane
- chlorodifluoromethane
- trichloroacetaldehyde
- trichlorofluoromethane
- chlorotrifluoroethylene
- parachlorophenoxyacetate
- polychlorotrifluoroethylene
- dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane