Etymology

trimethylarsine

T1R1I1M3E1T1H4Y4L1A1R1S1I1N1E1

Today it means: The compound (CH₃)₃As Full definition →

English arsine ← Middle English arsenik ← Middle French arsenic
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*tréyes
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tri-
  3. Proto-Italic*tri-
  4. Latintri-
  5. Englishtri-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*médʰu
  7. Proto-Hellenic*métʰu
  8. Ancient Greekμέθυ (méthu)
  9. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  10. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  11. GermanMethy
  12. Englishmethyl
  13. Englishtrimethyl
  14. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰelh₃-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰl̥h₃enyom
  16. Proto-Indo-Iranian*ȷ́ʰr̥Hanyam
  17. Proto-Iranian*jr̥Hanyam
  18. Old Median*zaranyam
  19. Old Median*kā
  20. Old Median*zaraniyakā
  21. Middle Persian*zarnīk
  22. Classical Syriacܙܪܢܝܟܐ (zarnīḵā)
  23. Arabicالزَرْنِيخ (az-zarnīḵ)
  24. Medieval Greekἀρσενικόν (arsenikón)
  25. Latinarsenicum
  26. Middle Frencharsenic
  27. Middle Englisharsenik
  28. Englisharsenic
  29. Englisharsine
  30. English todaytrimethylarsine

From trimethyl + arsine.

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