Etymology

iodite

I1O1D2I1T1E1

Today it means: Any hypothetical salt or ester of iodous acid Full definition →

English iodine ← French iode ← Ancient Greek ῐ̓ώδης (ĭṓdēs)
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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. English todayiodite

From iodine + -ite.

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