Etymology

nitride

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Today it means: A compound of nitrogen where nitrogen has an oxidation state of −3. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← English nitr(ogen) ← French nitrogène
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The story

  1. Egyptiannṯr
  2. Egyptiannṯrj
  3. Ancient Greekνίτρον (nítron)
  4. Latinnitrum
  5. Frenchnitre
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
  8. Proto-Hellenic*génos
  9. Ancient Greekγένος (génos)
  10. Frenchnitrogène
  11. Englishnitr(ogen)
  12. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  13. English todaynitride

From nitr(ogen) + -ide.

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