Etymology

armangite

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Today it means: A trigonal-rhombohedral black mineral containing arsenic, carbon, hydrogen, manganese, and oxygen. Full definition →

English manganese ← French manganèse ← Italian manganese
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰelh₃-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰl̥h₃enyom
  3. Proto-Indo-Iranian*ȷ́ʰr̥Hanyam
  4. Proto-Iranian*jr̥Hanyam
  5. Old Median*zaranyam
  6. Old Median*kā
  7. Old Median*zaraniyakā
  8. Middle Persian*zarnīk
  9. Classical Syriacܙܪܢܝܟܐ (zarnīḵā)
  10. Arabicالزَرْنِيخ (az-zarnīḵ)
  11. Medieval Greekἀρσενικόν (arsenikón)
  12. Latinarsenicum
  13. Middle Frencharsenic
  14. Middle Englisharsenik
  15. Englisharsenic
  16. Ancient GreekΜάγνης (Mágnēs)
  17. Ancient GreekΜαγνησία (Magnēsía)
  18. LatinMagnēsia
  19. Latinmagnēsius
  20. Medieval Latinmagnēsia
  21. Italianmanganese
  22. Frenchmanganèse
  23. Englishmanganese
  24. English todayarmangite

Blend of arsenic + manganese + -ite.

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