Etymology

tricalcium

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Today it means: Three atoms of calcium in a chemical compound. Full definition →

English calcium ← Latin calx
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The story

  1. Englishtri-
  2. Latincalx
  3. Englishcalcium
  4. English todaytricalcium

From tri- + calcium.

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