Etymology

arsenical

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to, or containing, arsenic. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Latin arsenicum ← Medieval Greek ἀρσενικόν (arsenikón)
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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. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  15. English todayarsenical

From Latin arsenicum + -al.

Words from the same roots

Latinarsenicum all →

arsenic

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