Etymology

bisulfide

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Today it means: The anion HS⁻. Full definition →

English sulfide ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← Middle English sulphur
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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. Latinsulpur
  7. Latinsulfur
  8. Latinsulphur
  9. Anglo-Normansulfre
  10. Middle Englishsulphur
  11. Englishsulf(ur)
  12. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  13. Englishsulfide
  14. English todaybisulfide

From bi- + sulfide.

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