arsenuranylite

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noun

An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing arsenic, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and uranium.

OriginEnglish uranyl ← Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē) ← Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? →
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Meanings

noun
  1. chemistryAn orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing arsenic, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and uranium.

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. Ancient Greekοὐρᾰνός (ourănós)
  18. Ancient GreekΟὐρᾰνός (Ourănós)
  19. LatinŪranus
  20. EnglishUranus
  21. Englishuranium
  22. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  23. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  24. Englishuranyl
  25. Englisharsenuranylite

From the mineral's composition, arseno- + uranyl + -ite.

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