Etymology

sulfoarsenide

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Today it means: Any substance that is a mixed sulfide/arsenide. Full definition →

English arsenide ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← Middle English arsenik
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  1. Latinsulpur
  2. Latinsulfur
  3. Latinsulphur
  4. Anglo-Normansulfre
  5. Middle Englishsulphur
  6. Englishsulfur
  7. Englishsulfo-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰelh₃-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰl̥h₃enyom
  10. Proto-Indo-Iranian*ȷ́ʰr̥Hanyam
  11. Proto-Iranian*jr̥Hanyam
  12. Old Median*zaranyam
  13. Old Median*kā
  14. Old Median*zaraniyakā
  15. Middle Persian*zarnīk
  16. Classical Syriacܙܪܢܝܟܐ (zarnīḵā)
  17. Arabicالزَرْنِيخ (az-zarnīḵ)
  18. Medieval Greekἀρσενικόν (arsenikón)
  19. Latinarsenicum
  20. Middle Frencharsenic
  21. Middle Englisharsenik
  22. Englisharsenic
  23. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  24. Englisharsenide
  25. English todaysulfoarsenide

From sulfo- + arsenide.

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