Etymology

chlorovinyldichloroarsine

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English arsine ← Middle English arsenik ← Middle French arsenic
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰelh₃-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰl̥h₃rós
  3. Proto-Hellenic*kʰlōrós
  4. Ancient Greekχλωρός (khlōrós)
  5. Englishchloro-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*weh₁y-?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*wéyh₁ō
  8. Proto-Italic*wīnom
  9. Latinvīnum
  10. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  11. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  12. Englishvinyl
  13. Englishchlorovinyl
  14. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  15. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  16. Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
  17. Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
  18. Latindi-
  19. Englishdi-
  20. Englishchloro-
  21. Englishdichloro-
  22. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰelh₃-
  23. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰl̥h₃enyom
  24. Proto-Indo-Iranian*ȷ́ʰr̥Hanyam
  25. Proto-Iranian*jr̥Hanyam
  26. Old Median*zaranyam
  27. Old Median*kā
  28. Old Median*zaraniyakā
  29. Middle Persian*zarnīk
  30. Classical Syriacܙܪܢܝܟܐ (zarnīḵā)
  31. Arabicالزَرْنِيخ (az-zarnīḵ)
  32. Medieval Greekἀρσενικόν (arsenikón)
  33. Latinarsenicum
  34. Middle Frencharsenic
  35. Middle Englisharsenik
  36. Englisharsenic
  37. Englisharsine
  38. English todaychlorovinyldichloroarsine

From chlorovinyl + dichloro- + arsine.

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