Where does “dichalcogenide” come from?

dichalcogenide (English) comes from English chalcogenide, from English chalcogen, from English Gen, from English again, from Middle English agayn, from Old English onġēan, from Old English on-, from Old English and- — on, onto.

dichalcogenide (English): Any chalcogenide containing two atoms of...

Definitions

  1. Any chalcogenide containing two atoms of...

Ancestry of “dichalcogenide”, step by step

dichalcogenide traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English chalcogenide

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishchalcogenideAny binary compound of a chalcogen with a more...
2EnglishchalcogenAny element of group 16 of the periodic table:...
3EnglishGenA member of the Gen Movement, a youth expression...
4EnglishagainAnother time; once more; Over and above a factor...
5Middle Englishagaynagain
6Old Englishonġēanopposite
7Old Englishon-forming verbs and adjectives from participles and...
8Old Englishand-against, opposing; in return, back; facing,...
9Proto-West Germanicanda-against, opposing; in return, back; facing,...
10Proto-Germanicanda-against, opposing; un-, de-
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éntiopposite; near; in front
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éntsforehead; front
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ent-face; forehead; front
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via English Di

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishDi
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ent-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂énts