Where does “tetraberyllium” come from?

tetraberyllium (English) comes from English beryllium, from English Beryl, from Middle English beryl, from Old French beril, from Latin bēryllus, from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος, from Prakrit विरलायते, from Sanskrit वैडूर्य — white town.

tetraberyllium (English): Four atoms of beryllium in a chemical compound

Definitions

  1. Four atoms of beryllium in a chemical compound

Ancestry of “tetraberyllium”, step by step

tetraberyllium traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English beryllium

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishberylliumThe chemical element with an atomic number of 4;...
2EnglishBerylderived from the gem beryl
3Middle Englishberylberyl gemstone of pegmatite
4Old Frenchberilberyl
5Latinbēryllusberyl
6Ancient Greekβήρυλλοςberyl
7Prakritविरलायते
8Sanskritवैडूर्यcat's eye; a jewel; anything excellent of its...
9Paliveḷuriyalapis lazuli, a precious stone
10Paliveḷurwhite town

via English tetra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtetraAny of numerous species of small South American...
2TranslingualTetragonopterus
3Ancient Greekπτερόνfeather; wing; Any winged creature
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpéth₂r̥wing; feather
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeth₂-to spread out; to fly
Every word from Pali veḷur