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- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-der.?
- Ancient Greekὀξύς (oxús)
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
- Proto-Hellenic*génos
- Ancient Greekγένος (génos)
- Frenchoxygène
- Latinacidu
- Frenchacide
- Frenchoxide
- Englishoxide
- Englishreductase
- English todayoxidoreductase
From its morphology, oxido- + reductase.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.