Etymology

sulfided

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Today it means: Reacted with sulfur to form a sulfide. Full definition →

English sulfide ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← Middle English sulphur
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The story

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

From sulfide + -ed.

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