Where does “ditin” come from?
ditin (English) comes from English tin, from Middle English tin, from Old English tin, from Proto-West Germanic *tin, from Proto-Germanic tiną, from Proto-Indo-European dinom.
ditin (English): Two tin atoms in a molecule
Definitions
- Two tin atoms in a molecule
Ancestry of “ditin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | tin | A malleable, ductile, metallic element, resistant... |
| 2 | Middle English | tin | Alternative form of þin; tin |
| 3 | Old English | tin | tin |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *tin | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | tiną | tin |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dinom | — |