Etymology

nesosilicate

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Today it means: Synonym of orthosilicate. Full definition →

Ancient Greek νῆσος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromνῆσος“island”
  2. English todaynesosilicate

From Ancient Greek νῆσος (nêsos, “island”) + silicate.

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