Etymology

decasulfide

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Today it means: A sulfide having ten atoms of sulfur per molecule Full definition →

English sulfide ← French déca- ← Late Latin decas
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*déḱm̥
  2. Proto-Hellenic*dékə
  3. Ancient Greekδέκᾰ (dékă)
  4. Ancient Greekδεκάς (dekás)
  5. Late Latindecas
  6. Frenchdéca-
  7. Englishdeca-
  8. Englishsulfide
  9. English todaydecasulfide

From deca- + sulfide.

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