Etymology

disilicide

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Today it means: Any silicide containing two atoms of silicon Full definition →

English silicide ← Latin di- ← Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)
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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. Englishsilicide
  8. English todaydisilicide

From di- + silicide.

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