Etymology

tritide

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Today it means: A hydride using tritium. Full definition →

Ancient Greek τρίτος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromτρίτος“third”
  2. English todaytritide

From trit- + -ide. From tritium, from Ancient Greek τρίτος (trítos, “third”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekτρίτος all →

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