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Where does “iodide” come from?

Iodide comes from English iodine plus the suffix -ide, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἰοειδής meaning violet-like, from the root denoting violet color and the Proto-Indo-European suffix -iHnos.

iodide (English): A binary compound of iodine and another element...

Definitions

  1. A binary compound of iodine and another element...

Ancestry of “iodide”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishiodineA chemical element with an atomic number of 53;...
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;...

Words derived from “iodide”

  • biniodide
  • triiodide
  • radioiodide
  • periodide
  • protoiodide
  • diiodide
  • polyiodide
  • tetraiodide
  • hydroiodide
  • chloroiodide
  • pentaiodide
  • organoiodide
  • oxoiodide
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