Etymology

triphenylstibine

Today it means: A chemical compound, Sb(C₆H₅)₃, used as a ligand in coordination chemistry and as a reagent in organic synthesis. Full definition →

English stibine ← Latin stibium ← Ancient Greek στίβι (stíbi)
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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*bʰeh₂-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰh₂nyéti
  8. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáňňō
  9. Ancient Greekφαίνω (phaínō)
  10. Frenchphéno-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  12. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  13. Frenchphényle
  14. Englishphenyl
  15. Englishtriphenyl
  16. Egyptiansdm
  17. Ancient Greekστίμμῐ (stímmĭ)
  18. Ancient Greekστίβι (stíbi)
  19. Latinstibium
  20. Englishstibium
  21. Englishstibine
  22. English todaytriphenylstibine

From triphenyl + stibine.

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