Etymology

polyacid

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Today it means: Any polybasic acid Full definition →

English acid ← French acide ← Latin acidu
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
  3. Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
  4. Englishpoly-
  5. Latinacidu
  6. Frenchacide
  7. Englishacid
  8. English todaypolyacid

From poly- + acid.

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