Etymology

diselenide

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Today it means: any inorganic selenide containing two atoms of selenium per molecule Full definition →

English selenide ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← Latin di-
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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. Englishselenium
  8. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  9. Englishselenide
  10. English todaydiselenide

From di- + selenide.

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