Etymology

distibine

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Today it means: Any organoantimony compound containing two antimony atoms joined together R₂Sb-SbR₂ Full definition →

English stibine ← Latin stibium ← Ancient Greek στίβι (stíbi)
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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. Egyptiansdm
  8. Ancient Greekστίμμῐ (stímmĭ)
  9. Ancient Greekστίβι (stíbi)
  10. Latinstibium
  11. Englishstibium
  12. Englishstibine
  13. English todaydistibine

From di- + stibine.

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