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Where does “phosphomolybdic” come from?

phosphomolybdic (English) comes from English molybdic, from English molybdenum, from New Latin molybdaenum, from Latin molybdaena, from Ancient Greek μόλυβδος, from Proto-Indo-European morkʷ-iyo-.

phosphomolybdic (English): Relating to phosphomolybdic acid or its...

Definitions

  1. Relating to phosphomolybdic acid or its...

Ancestry of “phosphomolybdic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmolybdicRelating to molybdenum, especially describing...
2EnglishmolybdenumA chemical element with an atomic number of 42:...
3New Latinmolybdaenummolybdenum
4Latinmolybdaenanominative plural of molybdaenum; accusative...
5Ancient Greekμόλυβδοςlead; graphite
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmorkʷ-iyo-—
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