Etymology

biarsenical

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Today it means: Any of a group of fluorescent compounds, that contain two arsenic atoms, used to visualize proteins Full definition →

English arsenical ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Latin arsenicum
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  3. Proto-Italic*dwi-
  4. Latinbi-
  5. Englishbi-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰelh₃-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰl̥h₃enyom
  8. Proto-Indo-Iranian*ȷ́ʰr̥Hanyam
  9. Proto-Iranian*jr̥Hanyam
  10. Old Median*zaranyam
  11. Old Median*kā
  12. Old Median*zaraniyakā
  13. Middle Persian*zarnīk
  14. Classical Syriacܙܪܢܝܟܐ (zarnīḵā)
  15. Arabicالزَرْنِيخ (az-zarnīḵ)
  16. Medieval Greekἀρσενικόν (arsenikón)
  17. Latinarsenicum
  18. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  20. Englisharsenical
  21. English todaybiarsenical

From bi- + arsenical.

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