Etymology

polyprotic

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Today it means: That can donate (or accept) more than one proton; polybasic. Full definition →

English protic ← Ancient Greek πρῶτον (prôton) ← Proto-Indo-European *pró
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
  3. Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
  4. Englishpoly-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  6. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  7. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  8. Ancient Greekπρό (pró)
  9. Ancient Greekπρῶτον (prôton)
  10. Englishproton
  11. Englishprotic
  12. English todaypolyprotic

From poly- + protic.

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