Etymology

diacid

D2I1A1C3I1D2

Today it means: Any dibasic acid Full definition →

English acid ← French acide ← Latin acidu
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
  4. Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
  5. Latindi-
  6. Englishdi-
  7. Latinacidu
  8. Frenchacide
  9. Englishacid
  10. English todaydiacid

From di- + acid.

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