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Where does “molybdenum” come from?

Molybdenum comes from Ancient Greek μόλυβδος, from Latin molybdaena, from Ancient Greek μολύβδαινα, from Ancient Greek μόλυβδος.

molybdenum (English): A chemical element with an atomic number of 42:...

Definitions

  1. A chemical element with an atomic number of 42:...

Ancestry of “molybdenum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latinmolybdaenummolybdenum
2Latinmolybdaenanominative plural of molybdaenum; accusative...
3Ancient Greekμόλυβδοςlead; graphite
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmorkʷ-iyo-—

Words derived from “molybdenum”

  • molybdate
  • molybdic
  • molybdenite
  • phosphomolybdic
  • phosphomolybdate
  • thiomolybdate
  • heptamolybdate
  • phosphomolybdenum
  • paramolybdate
  • ferromolybdenum
  • dimolybdenum
  • molybdous
  • organomolybdenum
  • molybdian
  • radiomolybdenum
  • oxythiomolybdate
  • pentamolybdate
  • molybdosis
  • nonmolybdenum
  • molybdeniferous
  • molibdēns
  • molibdenum
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