Etymology

arseniferous

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Today it means: Containing or producing arsenic. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? ← Latin ferō ← Proto-Italic *ferō
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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. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
  18. Proto-Italic*ferō
  19. Latinferō
  20. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  21. Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
  22. English todayarseniferous

From arsenic + -iferous.

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