Chloride
/ˈklɔːraɪd/noun
A compound containing the chloride ion, or a salt or ester of hydrochloric acid.
Did you know?The -ide ending in chloride is a chemistry suffix, but the first half comes from Greek chloros, meaning “pale green” or “yellow-green,” the same root behind chlorine itself.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
GRK
χλωρός (chlorós)
“pale green, yellow-green, fresh, sallow”
Late 18th Century
French
chlorine
“the newly identified greenish-yellow gas”
Early 19th Century
English
chloride
“a compound formed from chlorine with another element or radical”
Modern English
English
chloride
“a salt or compound containing the chloride ion”
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