Etymology

beryllide

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Today it means: Any intermetallic compound of beryllium with another metal; present in some alloys. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← English beryllium ← Latin bēryllium
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  1. Proto-Dravidian*weḷ
  2. Proto-Dravidian*ūr
  3. Proto-Dravidian*weḷ-ūr
  4. Proto-Indo-Iranian*i-
  5. Prakritवेरुलिअ (vērulia)
  6. Ancient Greekβήρυλλος (bḗrullos)
  7. Latinbēryllu
  8. GermanBeryll
  9. GermanBeryllium
  10. Latinbēryllium
  11. Englishberyllium
  12. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  13. English todayberyllide

From beryllium + -ide.

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