Friday, 28 December 2012

Chloride= الكلوريد


Chloride= الكلوريد
ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY
chloride (n.)
"chlorine compound," 1812, coined by Sir Humphrey Davy (1778-1829) from chlorine + -ide on the analogy of oxide.


chlorine (n.)
nonmetallic element, coined 1810 by English chemist Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829) from Greek khloros "pale green" (see Chloe) + chemical suffix -ine (2). Named for its color. Discovered 1774, but known at first as oxymuriatic acid gas, or dephlogisticated marine acid.
-ide
suffix used to form names of simple compounds of an element with another element or radical; originally abstracted from oxide, the first so classified.


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