Etymology

triperoxide

T1R1I1P3E1R1O1X8I1D2E1

Today it means: Any compound containing three peroxide groups Full definition →

English peroxide ← 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*per-der.?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  8. Proto-Italic*per
  9. Latinper
  10. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  11. Proto-Italic*peri-
  12. Latinper-
  13. Englishper-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-der.?
  15. Ancient Greekὀξύς (oxús)
  16. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
  18. Proto-Hellenic*génos
  19. Ancient Greekγένος (génos)
  20. Frenchoxygène
  21. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-
  22. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱéh₁yeti
  23. Proto-Italic*akēō
  24. Latinaceō
  25. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  26. Latinacidu
  27. Frenchacide
  28. Frenchoxide
  29. Englishoxide
  30. Englishperoxide
  31. English todaytriperoxide

From tri- + peroxide.

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