Etymology

dodecaoxide

D2O1D2E1C3A1O1X8I1D2E1

Today it means: Any oxide having twelve oxygen atoms. Full definition →

English oxide ← French oxide ← Latin acidu
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekδώδεκᾰ (dṓdekă)
  2. Englishdodeca-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-der.?
  4. Ancient Greekὀξύς (oxús)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
  7. Proto-Hellenic*génos
  8. Ancient Greekγένος (génos)
  9. Frenchoxygène
  10. Latinacidu
  11. Frenchacide
  12. Frenchoxide
  13. Englishoxide
  14. English todaydodecaoxide

From dodeca- + oxide.

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