Etymology

dimethylmercury

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Today it means: An organometallic compound of mercury, (CH₃)₂Hg, that is a dangerous neurotoxin Full definition →

English mercury ← Middle English mercurie ← Latin mercurius
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
  4. Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
  5. Latindi-
  6. Englishdi-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*médʰu
  8. Proto-Hellenic*métʰu
  9. Ancient Greekμέθυ (méthu)
  10. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  11. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  12. GermanMethy
  13. Englishmethyl
  14. Englishdimethyl
  15. LatinMercurius
  16. Latinmercurius
  17. Middle Englishmercurie
  18. Englishmercury
  19. English todaydimethylmercury

From dimethyl + mercury.

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