Words that come from Latin “silex”
151 words across 37 languages descend from Latin silex — including silicon, silica, silicone, polysilicon, silicic, silex, silicosis, silcrete.
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English (65)
- silicon
- silica
- silicone
- polysilicon
- silicic
- silex
- silicosis
- silcrete
- silicide
- silicalite
- silicification
- organosilicon
- silicium
- ferrosilicon
- fluosilicic
- orthosilicic
- silicotic
- biosilica
- petrosilex
- disilicide
- salicide
- metasilicic
- fluorosilicic
- organosilica
- nonsilicon
- polysilicic
- biosilicification
- anthracosilicosis
- nonsilicone
- ekasilicon
- siliconize
- monosilicide
- siliconlike
- siliciferous
- silicify
- disilicon
- nonsilicotic
- Silicone Valley
- Silicon Valley
- siliconise
- sila-explosive
- hexasilicide
- tetrasilicide
- silicene
- silician
- zincsilite
- metasilicic acid
- radiosilicon
- silicyne
- nonsilicic
- anthracosilicotic
- Silicon
- cuprosilicon
- desilicification
- fluosilicic acid
- microsilica
- nanosilica
- nanosilicon
- presiliconize
- silicasome
- silicidize
- silicifier
- Silicon Roundabout
- silole
- tetrasilicon