Etymology

alkylmercury

A1L1K5Y4L1M3E1R1C3U1R1Y4

Today it means: Describing any alkyl organomercury compound Full definition →

English mercury ← Middle English mercurie ← Latin mercurius
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The story

  1. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  2. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  3. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  4. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  5. Medieval Latinalcoho
  6. Middle Englishalcofol
  7. Englishalc(ohol)
  8. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  9. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  10. Englishalkyl
  11. LatinMercurius
  12. Latinmercurius
  13. Middle Englishmercurie
  14. Englishmercury
  15. English todayalkylmercury

From alkyl + mercury.

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