Etymology

antimonide

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Today it means: Any compound of antimony with more electropositive elements. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← English antimony ← Medieval Latin antimonium
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The story

  1. Medieval Latinantimonium
  2. Englishantimony
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  4. English todayantimonide

From antimony + -ide.

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