tetrachloro etymology

English word tetrachloro comes from English tetra- (Four.), English chloro

Detailed word origin of tetrachloro

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
tetra- English (eng) Four.
chloro English (eng)
tetrachloro English (eng) (chemistry, in combination) Four chlorine atoms in a compound.

Words with the same origin as tetrachloro

Descendants of tetra-
carbon tetrachloride silver tribromide tellurium tetraiodide tetrabarbital tetrabasic tetraborate tetrachloride tetrachromacy tetrachromatic tetradelphous tetradelphy tetraene tetrafluoride tetranitro tetranucleosome tetraparalogous tetrapartite tetraphobia tetraquark tetrasialic tetrasilicide tetrasodium tetrastarch tetrasulfonated uranium tetraiodide