Etymology

disilicon

D2I1S1I1L1I1C3O1N1

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

English silicon ← French carbone ← Latin carbōnem
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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. Latinsilex
  8. New Latinsilicium
  9. Englishsilicium
  10. Proto-Indo-European*kerh₃-der.?
  11. Latincarbōnem
  12. Frenchcarbone
  13. Englishcarbonbf.
  14. Englishsilicon
  15. English todaydisilicon

From di- + silicon.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.