Etymology

oxycalcium

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Today it means: Of, pertaining to, or produced by a combination of calcium (or lime) and oxygen Full definition →

English calcium ← Latin calx ← Ancient Greek ὀξῠ́ς (oxŭ́s)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekὀξῠ́ς (oxŭ́s)
  3. Englishoxy-
  4. Latincalx
  5. Englishcalcium
  6. English todayoxycalcium

From oxy- + calcium.

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