Etymology

hydridic

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Today it means: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a hydride. Full definition →

English hydride ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*wed-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
  3. Proto-Hellenic*údōr
  4. Ancient Greekῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
  5. Ancient Greekῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)
  6. Englishhydro-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  8. Englishhydride
  9. English todayhydridic

From hydride + -ic.

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