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- Latin · calque ofnix“snow”
- English todaywhite snow
Calque of Latin nix (“snow”) used for white forms of zinc oxide.
Words from the same roots
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
white snow
Today it means: Synonym of zinc oxide, particularly white forms. Full definition →
Latin nix