Etymology

alkylstibine

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Today it means: Any aliphatic organostibine Full definition →

English stibine ← Latin stibium ← Ancient Greek στίβι (stíbi)
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  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. Egyptiansdm
  12. Ancient Greekστίμμῐ (stímmĭ)
  13. Ancient Greekστίβι (stíbi)
  14. Latinstibium
  15. Englishstibium
  16. Englishstibine
  17. English todayalkylstibine

From alkyl + stibine.

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