Etymology

mercurous

M3E1R1C3U1R1O1U1S1

Today it means: Pertaining to or derived from mercury. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? ← English mercury ← Middle English mercurie
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The story

  1. LatinMercurius
  2. Latinmercurius
  3. Middle Englishmercurie
  4. Englishmercury
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
  7. English todaymercurous

From mercury + -ous.

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