tetraarsenic

T1E1T1R1A1A1R1S1E1N1I1C3

noun

Four arsenic atoms in a compound

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

nountetraarsenic (uncountable)
  1. in compoundsuncountablechemistryFour arsenic atoms in a compound
  2. uncountablechemistryThe molecule that constitutes yellow arsenic. (As₄)

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷetwóres
  2. Proto-Hellenic*kʷétwores
  3. Ancient Greekτέσσᾰρες (téssăres)
  4. Ancient Greekτετρᾰ- (tetră-)
  5. Englishtetra-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰelh₃-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰl̥h₃enyom
  8. Proto-Indo-Iranian*ȷ́ʰr̥Hanyam
  9. Proto-Iranian*jr̥Hanyam
  10. Old Median*zaranyam
  11. Old Median*kā
  12. Old Median*zaraniyakā
  13. Middle Persian*zarnīk
  14. Classical Syriacܙܪܢܝܟܐ (zarnīḵā)
  15. Arabicالزَرْنِيخ (az-zarnīḵ)
  16. Medieval Greekἀρσενικόν (arsenikón)
  17. Latinarsenicum
  18. Middle Frencharsenic
  19. Middle Englisharsenik
  20. Englisharsenic
  21. Englishtetraarsenic

From tetra- + arsenic.

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