nonarsenical

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adjective

Not arsenical.

OriginEnglish arsenical ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Latin arsenicum →
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Meanings

adjectivenonarsenical (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot arsenical.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰelh₃-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰl̥h₃enyom
  16. Proto-Indo-Iranian*ȷ́ʰr̥Hanyam
  17. Proto-Iranian*jr̥Hanyam
  18. Old Median*zaranyam
  19. Old Median*kā
  20. Old Median*zaraniyakā
  21. Middle Persian*zarnīk
  22. Classical Syriacܙܪܢܝܟܐ (zarnīḵā)
  23. Arabicالزَرْنِيخ (az-zarnīḵ)
  24. Medieval Greekἀρσενικόν (arsenikón)
  25. Latinarsenicum
  26. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  27. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  28. Englisharsenical
  29. Englishnonarsenical

From non- + arsenical.

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APA

nonarsenical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonarsenical

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“nonarsenical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonarsenical. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonarsenical,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonarsenical.

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