Etymology

trioxide

T1R1I1O1X8I1D2E1

Today it means: Any oxide containing three oxygen atoms in each molecule. Full definition →

English oxide ← French oxide ← Latin acidu
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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*h₂eḱ-der.?
  7. Ancient Greekὀξύς (oxús)
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
  10. Proto-Hellenic*génos
  11. Ancient Greekγένος (génos)
  12. Frenchoxygène
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱéh₁yeti
  15. Proto-Italic*akēō
  16. Latinaceō
  17. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  18. Latinacidu
  19. Frenchacide
  20. Frenchoxide
  21. Englishoxide
  22. English todaytrioxide

From tri- + oxide.

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