The story
- Middle Persian*bōrag
- Arabicبَوْرَق (bawraq)
- Medieval Latinborax
- Anglo-Normanboreis
- Middle Englishboras
- Englishborax
- Englishboro-
- Englishdeuteride
- English todayborodeuteride
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
borodeuteride
Today it means: An anion formed of a boron atom and four deuterium atoms; or a salt formed by this ion. In other words, B²H₄. Full definition →
English deuteride ← Middle English boras ← Anglo-Norman boreis