Etymology

iodide

I1O1D2I1D2E1

Today it means: A binary compound of iodine and another element or radical. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← English iodine ← French iode
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The story

  1. Proto-Hellenic*wion
  2. Ancient Greekῐ̓́ον (ĭ́on)
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₃édyeti
  5. Proto-Hellenic*ód͏̌d͏̌ō
  6. Ancient Greekὄζω (ózō)
  7. Ancient Greekῐ̓ώδης (ĭṓdēs)
  8. Frenchiode
  9. Englishiodine
  10. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  11. English todayiodide

From iodine + -ide.

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