Etymology

organoarsenic

O1R1G2A1N1O1A1R1S1E1N1I1C3

Today it means: Describing any organic compound containing a carbon to arsenic bond Full definition →

English arsenic ← Middle English arsenik ← Middle French arsenic
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The story

  1. Englishorgano-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰelh₃-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰl̥h₃enyom
  4. Proto-Indo-Iranian*ȷ́ʰr̥Hanyam
  5. Proto-Iranian*jr̥Hanyam
  6. Old Median*zaranyam
  7. Old Median*kā
  8. Old Median*zaraniyakā
  9. Middle Persian*zarnīk
  10. Classical Syriacܙܪܢܝܟܐ (zarnīḵā)
  11. Arabicالزَرْنِيخ (az-zarnīḵ)
  12. Medieval Greekἀρσενικόν (arsenikón)
  13. Latinarsenicum
  14. Middle Frencharsenic
  15. Middle Englisharsenik
  16. Englisharsenic
  17. English todayorganoarsenic

From organo- + arsenic.

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