Etymology

dirhodium

D2I1R1H4O1D2I1U1M3

Today it means: Two atoms of rhodium in a compound Full definition →

English rhodium ← 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. Englishrhodium
  8. English todaydirhodium

From di- + rhodium.

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