Where does “palladobismutharsenide” come from?
palladobismutharsenide (English) comes from English arsenide, from English arsenic, from Middle English arsenik, from Middle French arsenic, from Latin arsenicum, from Ancient Greek ἀρσενικόν, from Middle Persian zarnīk, from Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬀.
palladobismutharsenide (English): An opaque metallic silvery-white mineral...
Definitions
- An opaque metallic silvery-white mineral...
Ancestry of “palladobismutharsenide”, step by step
palladobismutharsenide traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English arsenide
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | arsenide | An ion that is an arsenic atom with three extra... |
| 2 | English | arsenic | A nonmetallic chemical element with an atomic... |
| 3 | Middle English | arsenik | — |
| 4 | Middle French | arsenic | — |
| 5 | Latin | arsenicum | arsenic |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἀρσενικόν | orpiment - arsenic sulphide; yellow arsenic |
| 7 | Middle Persian | zarnīk | — |
| 8 | Avestan | 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬀 | gold; golden |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰelh₃i | — |
via English bismuth
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bismuth | A chemical element with an atomic number of 83:... |
| 2 | German | Wismut | bismuth |
| 3 | Middle High German | wismāt | — |
| 4 | Latin | bisemutum | bismuth |
| 5 | Arabic | بِسِيمُوتِيُّون | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ψιμύθιον | white lead (as a pigment to whiten the face or hair) |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ῐον | diminutive suffix; "suffix forming... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |