Etymology

disodium

D2I1S1O1D2I1U1M3

Today it means: two atoms of sodium in a compound Full definition →

English sodium ← Italian soda ← Arabic سُوَيْدَاء (suwaydāʔ)
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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. Arabicأَسْوَد (ʔaswad)
  8. Ancient Greekμελαγχολία (melankholía)calq.?
  9. Arabicسَوْدَاء (sawdāʔ)
  10. Arabicأَسْوَد (ʔaswad)
  11. Arabicسُوَيْدَاء (suwaydāʔ)
  12. Italiansoda
  13. Englishsoda
  14. Englishsodium
  15. English todaydisodium

From di- + sodium.

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