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Where does “selenide” come from?

selenide (English) comes from English -ide, from Middle French -ide, from Latin -is, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

selenide (English): any compound in which selenium serves as an anion...

Definitions

  1. any compound in which selenium serves as an anion...

Ancestry of “selenide”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-ideAny of a group of related compounds - azide,...
2Middle French-ide—
3Latin-issuffixed to the root of nouns in composition,...
4Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
5Proto-Italic-ā—
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “selenide”

  • diselenide
  • sulfoselenide
  • triselenide
  • polyselenide
  • organoselenide
  • episelenide
  • heptaselenide
  • protoselenide
  • oxyselenide
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