Etymology

iodine

I1O1D2I1N1E1

Today it means: A chemical element (symbol: I) with an atomic number of 53; one of the halogens. Full definition →

French iode ← Ancient Greek ῐ̓ώδης (ĭṓdēs) ← Proto-Hellenic *ód͏̌d͏̌ō
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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. English todayiodine

From French iode + -ine, from Ancient Greek ἰοειδής (ioeidḗs, “violet”). Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1814.

Words from the same roots

Frenchiode all →

iode

Ancient Greekἰοειδής all →

iodo-

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.