dimethylarsinate

noun

The anion (CH₃)₂As(O)OH or a salt thereof.

OriginEnglish arsinate ← Middle English arsenik ← Middle French arsenic →
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Meanings

noundimethylarsinate (plural dimethylarsinates)

plural dimethylarsinates

  1. chemistryThe anion (CH₃)₂As(O)OH or a salt thereof.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
  4. Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
  5. Latindi-
  6. Englishdi-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*médʰu
  8. Proto-Hellenic*métʰu
  9. Ancient Greekμέθυ (méthu)
  10. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  11. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  12. GermanMethy
  13. Englishmethyl
  14. Englishmethyl-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰelh₃-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰl̥h₃enyom
  17. Proto-Indo-Iranian*ȷ́ʰr̥Hanyam
  18. Proto-Iranian*jr̥Hanyam
  19. Old Median*zaranyam
  20. Old Median*kā
  21. Old Median*zaraniyakā
  22. Middle Persian*zarnīk
  23. Classical Syriacܙܪܢܝܟܐ (zarnīḵā)
  24. Arabicالزَرْنِيخ (az-zarnīḵ)
  25. Medieval Greekἀρσενικόν (arsenikón)
  26. Latinarsenicum
  27. Middle Frencharsenic
  28. Middle Englisharsenik
  29. Englisharsenic
  30. Englisharsine
  31. Englisharsinate
  32. Englishdimethylarsinate

From di- + methyl- + arsinate.

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