Etymology

dinitrate

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Today it means: Any compound having two nitrate groups Full definition →

English nitrate ← Latin di- ← Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)
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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. Englishnitrate
  8. English todaydinitrate

From di- + nitrate.

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