Etymology

divanadium

D2I1V4A1N1A1D2I1U1M3

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

English vanadium ← New Latin vanadium ← Old Norse Vanadís
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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. Proto-Indo-European*h₁weh₂-
  8. Proto-Germanic*wanaz
  9. Old Norsevanr
  10. Old NorseVana
  11. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*dʰéh₁s
  13. Proto-Germanic*dīsiz
  14. Old Norsedís
  15. Old NorseDís
  16. Old NorseVanadís
  17. New Latinvanadium
  18. Englishvanadium
  19. English todaydivanadium

From di- + vanadium.

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