Etymology

dimanganese

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Today it means: Two manganese atoms in a molecule Full definition →

English manganese ← French manganèse ← Italian manganese
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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. LatinMagnēsia
  8. Latinmagnēsius
  9. Medieval Latinmagnēsia
  10. Italianmanganese
  11. Frenchmanganèse
  12. Englishmanganese
  13. English todaydimanganese

From di- + manganese.

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