bromination

bromination

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Ancient Greek βρῶμος (brômos)
French bromebor.
English brome
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Proto-Italic *-īnos
Latin -īnusder.
Old French -inbor.
Middle English -in
English -ine
English bromine
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin -ātiōlbor.
Old French -ationbor.
Middle English -acioun
English -ation
English bromination

    From bromine + -ation.

    Noun

    bromination (plural brominations)

    1. (chemistry) Any reaction which introduces a bromine atom into a compound.
      Antonym: debromination
      Hypernym: halogenation
      Hyponyms: monobromination, oxybromination, perbromination
      Coordinate terms: chlorination, fluorination, iodination

    Derived terms

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