Etymology

biphosphate

B3I1P3H4O1S1P3H4A1T1E1

Today it means: Any salt of phosphoric acid in which only one of the hydrogen atom has been replaced by a metal ion. Full definition →

English phosphate ← French phosphate ← Latin phōsphorus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  3. Proto-Italic*dwi-
  4. Latinbi-
  5. Englishbi-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
  8. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
  9. Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
  10. Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
  11. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
  13. Proto-Hellenic*pʰérō
  14. Ancient Greekφέρω (phérō)
  15. Ancient Greekφωσφόρος (phōsphóros)
  16. Latinphōsphorus
  17. Frenchphosphore
  18. Frenchphosphate
  19. Englishphosphate
  20. English todaybiphosphate

From bi- + phosphate.

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