Words that come from Latin “silex”
105 words across 15 languages descend from Latin silex — including silicon, silica, silicate, silicone, polysilicon, silicic, silex, silicosis.
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English (75)
- silicon
- silica
- silicate
- silicone
- polysilicon
- silicic
- silex
- silicosis
- borosilicate
- silicide
- aluminosilicate
- silicalite
- silicification
- phyllosilicate
- metasilicate
- organosilicon
- silicium
- orthosilicate
- trisilicate
- ferrosilicon
- disilicate
- fluosilicic
- fluosilicate
- orthosilicic
- silicotic
- tetraethylorthosilicate
- biosilica
- phosphosilicate
- petrosilex
- disilicide
- oxyorthosilicate
- titanosilicate
- bisilicate
- polysilicate
- metasilicic
- fluorosilicic
- organosilica
- nonsilicon
- polysilicic
- biosilicification
- anthracosilicosis
- nonsilicone
- hydrosilicate
- ekasilicon
- siliconize
- subsilicate
- inosilicate
- tectosilicate
- monosilicide
- cyclosilicate
- molybdosilicate
- siliconlike
- siliciferous
- unisilicate
- sorosilicate
- silicify
- tungstosilicate
- disilicon
- nonsilicotic
- protosilicate
- silicatization
- Silicon Valley
- neosilicate
- siliconise
- sila-explosive
- hexasilicide
- tetrasilicide
- silician
- silicatian
- zincsilite
- metasilicic acid
- radiosilicon
- zincosilicate
- nonsilicic
- anthracosilicotic