armangite

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noun

A trigonal-rhombohedral black mineral containing arsenic, carbon, hydrogen, manganese, and oxygen.

OriginEnglish manganese ← French manganèse ← Italian manganese →
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Meanings

noun
  1. chemistryA trigonal-rhombohedral black mineral containing arsenic, carbon, hydrogen, manganese, and oxygen.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰelh₃-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰl̥h₃enyom
  3. Proto-Indo-Iranian*ȷ́ʰr̥Hanyam
  4. Proto-Iranian*jr̥Hanyam
  5. Old Median*zaranyam
  6. Old Median*kā
  7. Old Median*zaraniyakā
  8. Middle Persian*zarnīk
  9. Classical Syriacܙܪܢܝܟܐ (zarnīḵā)
  10. Arabicالزَرْنِيخ (az-zarnīḵ)
  11. Medieval Greekἀρσενικόν (arsenikón)
  12. Latinarsenicum
  13. Middle Frencharsenic
  14. Middle Englisharsenik
  15. Englisharsenic
  16. Ancient GreekΜάγνης (Mágnēs)
  17. Ancient GreekΜαγνησία (Magnēsía)
  18. LatinMagnēsia
  19. Latinmagnēsius
  20. Medieval Latinmagnēsia
  21. Italianmanganese
  22. Frenchmanganèse
  23. Englishmanganese
  24. Englisharmangite

Blend of arsenic + manganese + -ite.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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Chicago

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