Etymology

sulfide

S1U1L1F4I1D2E1

Today it means: Any compound of sulfur and a metal or other electropositive element or group. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← English sulf(ur) ← Middle English sulphur
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Latinsulpur
  2. Latinsulfur
  3. Latinsulphur
  4. Anglo-Normansulfre
  5. Middle Englishsulphur
  6. Englishsulf(ur)
  7. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  8. English todaysulfide

From sulf(ur) + -ide.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.