Etymology

arsenosulvanite

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Today it means: An isometric-hextetrahedral bronze mineral that is a mixed sulfide of arsenic, copper and vanadium. Full definition →

English sulvanite ← New Latin vanadium ← Old Norse Vanadís
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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. Englisharseno-
  17. Latinsulpur
  18. Latinsulfur
  19. Latinsulphur
  20. Anglo-Normansulfre
  21. Middle Englishsulphur
  22. Englishsulfur
  23. Proto-Indo-European*h₁weh₂-
  24. Proto-Germanic*wanaz
  25. Old Norsevanr
  26. Old NorseVana
  27. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  28. Proto-Indo-European*dʰéh₁s
  29. Proto-Germanic*dīsiz
  30. Old Norsedís
  31. Old NorseDís
  32. Old NorseVanadís
  33. New Latinvanadium
  34. Englishvanadium
  35. Englishsulvanite
  36. English todayarsenosulvanite

From arseno- + sulvanite.

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