Etymology

superactinide

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Today it means: Any of the undiscovered chemical elements from unbiunium (121) to perhaps unpentseptium (157), following the transactinides. These will presumably go below the actinides in the periodic table. Full definition →

English actinide ← Latin super- ← Proto-Italic *super
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. Englishactinide
  8. English todaysuperactinide

From super- + actinide.

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