nitrosus

== Latin == === Etymology === From nitrum (“various alkalis”) +‎ -ōsus (“full of”), from Ancient Greek νῐ́τρον (nĭ́tron, “sodium carbonate, sodium nitrate or potassium nitrate”). === Adjective === nitrōsus (feminine nitrōsa, neuter nitrōsum); first/second-declension adjective full of various nitrogen-containing chemicals ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== → English: nitrous, nitroso