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Chlorine

2 stages from Greek to English.

Today it means a yellow-green reactive gaseous element used in disinfectants
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Stage 1 of 2
khloros
Greek · ancient
"pale green"
pale green, describing the gas's distinctive color
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Stage 2 of 2
chlorine
English · 1810
"a yellow-green reactive gaseous element"
coined by chemist Humphry Davy for the newly identified greenish gas
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