arsenogorceixite

noun

A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing aluminum, arsenic, barium, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.

OriginEnglish gorceixite ← French Gorceix ← Middle English arsenik →
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Meanings

noun
  1. chemistryA trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing aluminum, arsenic, barium, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.

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. Englisharseno-
  17. FrenchGorceix
  18. Englishgorceixite
  19. Englisharsenogorceixite

From arseno- + gorceixite.

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