Etymology

stibine

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Today it means: stibnite. Full definition →

English stibium ← Latin stibium ← Ancient Greek στίβι (stíbi)
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The story

  1. Egyptiansdm
  2. Ancient Greekστίμμῐ (stímmĭ)
  3. Ancient Greekστίβι (stíbi)
  4. Latinstibium
  5. Englishstibium
  6. English todaystibine

From stibium + -ine. By surface analysis, stib- + -ine.

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