Etymology

nonaoxide

N1O1N1A1O1X8I1D2E1

Today it means: Any oxide containing nine atoms of oxygen Full definition →

English oxide ← French oxide ← Latin acidu
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁néwn̥
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁newn̥(n)ós
  3. Proto-Italic*nowenos
  4. Latinnōnus
  5. Englishnona-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-der.?
  7. Ancient Greekὀξύς (oxús)
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
  10. Proto-Hellenic*génos
  11. Ancient Greekγένος (génos)
  12. Frenchoxygène
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱéh₁yeti
  15. Proto-Italic*akēō
  16. Latinaceō
  17. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  18. Latinacidu
  19. Frenchacide
  20. Frenchoxide
  21. Englishoxide
  22. English todaynonaoxide

From nona- + oxide.

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