Etymology

pnictide

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Today it means: Any binary compound of a pnictogen Full definition →

Ancient Greek πνίγειν ← Pre-Greek
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  1. Pre-Greek · derived from
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromπνίγειν“to choke, to stifle”
  3. English todaypnictide

From Ancient Greek πνίγειν (pnígein, “to choke, to stifle”) (a property of nitrogen), from Pre-Greek, + -ide. By surface analysis, pnicto- + -ide.

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