Etymology

dimercury

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

English mercury ← Middle English mercurie ← Latin mercurius
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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. Latinmercurius
  8. Middle Englishmercurie
  9. Englishmercury
  10. English todaydimercury

From di- + mercury.

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