Where does “يود” come from?

يود (Arabic) comes from Russian йод, from French iodé, from Ancient Greek ἰοειδής, from Ancient Greek -ειδής, from Ancient Greek -ής, from Proto-Indo-European -ēs, from Proto-Indo-European -ess, from Proto-Indo-European -os — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

يود (Arabic): iodine; To iodize; third-person masculine...

Definitions

  1. iodine; To iodize; third-person masculine...

Ancestry of “يود”, step by step

يود traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian йод

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianйодiodine
2Frenchiodépast participle of ioder; iodized, iodinated
3Ancient Greekἰοειδήςviolet
4Ancient Greek-ειδήςlike, connected to, from the nature of, full of;...
5Ancient Greek-ήςadjective suffix
6Proto-Indo-European-ēsPrimarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds
7Proto-Indo-European-ess
8Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

via Arabic يُود

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicيُودiodine
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -osEvery word from Ancient Greek -ειδήςEvery word from Ancient Greek -ής