Etymology

perrhenate

P3E1R1R1H4E1N1A1T1E1

Today it means: The ReO₄⁻ oxyanion; any salt containing this anion Full definition →

English rhenate ← Latin per- ← Proto-Italic *per
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  3. Proto-Italic*per
  4. Latinper
  5. Latinper-
  6. Englishper-
  7. Englishrhenate
  8. English todayperrhenate

From per- + rhenate.

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