Where does “nonasulfide” come from?

nonasulfide (English) comes from English sulfide, from English sulfur, from Middle English sulphur, from Anglo-Norman sulfre, from Latin sulphur, from Latin sulpur, from Proto-Indo-European swelplos, from Proto-Indo-European swel- — to smolder; burn; scorch; beam, board, frame,...

nonasulfide (English): A sulfide having nine atoms of sulfur per molecule

Definitions

  1. A sulfide having nine atoms of sulfur per molecule

Ancestry of “nonasulfide”, step by step

nonasulfide traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English sulfide

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsulfideAny compound of sulfur and a metal or other...
2EnglishsulfurA chemical element with an atomic number of 16;...
3Middle Englishsulphursulfur
4Anglo-Normansulfresulphur
5Latinsulphursulfur, brimstone; lightning
6LatinsulpurArchaic form of sulphur
7Proto-Indo-Europeanswelplos
8Proto-Indo-Europeanswel-to smolder; burn; scorch; beam, board, frame,...

via English Nona

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNonaThe youngest of the three Fates, or Parcae, daughter of Jupiter and Justitia; the spinner of the thread of life. She is the Roman equivalent of Clotho
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swel-
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