Etymology

sulphonium

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English onium ← New Latin ammōnium
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The story

  1. Englishsulphur
  2. Englishsulpho-
  3. New Latinammōnium
  4. Englishammonium
  5. Englishonium
  6. English todaysulphonium

From sulpho- + onium.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.