Etymology

silicic

S1I1L1I1C3I1C3

Today it means: of, related to, or derived from silica Full definition →

Latin silex
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Latin · derived fromsilex
  2. English todaysilicic

From Latin silex, silicis (“a flint”). Compare French silicique.

Words from the same roots

Latinsilex all →

siliconsilicasilexin silicosilicium

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.