Etymology

pyroantimonate

P3Y4R1O1A1N1T1I1M3O1N1A1T1E1

Today it means: Any salt of pyroantimonic acid Full definition →

English antimonate ← Latin pyr ← Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
  2. Proto-Hellenic*pāwər
  3. Ancient Greekπῦρ (pûr)
  4. Latinpyr
  5. Englishpyro-
  6. Englishantimonate
  7. English todaypyroantimonate

From pyro- + antimonate.

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