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Where does “cyanide” come from?

Cyanide is a compound name derived from Ancient Greek κυάνεος, an adjective meaning dark blue, with the chemical suffix -ide added in English to denote a binary compound.

cyanide (English): Any compound containing the -C≡N radical or the...

Definitions

  1. Any compound containing the -C≡N radical or the...

Ancestry of “cyanide”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishIde—
2Frenchide—
3LatinIdusAlternative form of īdūs: the ides of a Roman...
4Swedishideffort, work, occupation; the tree "Taxus...
5Old Swedishidhe—
6Old Norse*iði—
7Old Norseiðjato be active, do, perform
8Old Norseiðwork; a restless motion

Words derived from “cyanide”

  • ferrocyanide
  • cyanidation
  • platinocyanide
  • isocyanide
  • hydrocyanide
  • bicyanide
  • thiocyanide
  • aurocyanide
  • dicyanide
  • procyanidolic
  • protocyanide
  • tricyanide
  • methylisocyanide
  • leucocyanide
  • cyanidol
  • 山埃
  • イソシアニド
  • 이소시아니드
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