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Where does “trihydride” come from?

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

trihydride (English): Any hydride containing three atoms of hydrogen...

Definitions

  1. Any hydride containing three atoms of hydrogen...

Ancestry of “trihydride”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhydrideA compound of hydrogen with a more...
2English-ideAny of a group of related compounds - azide,...
3Middle French-ide—
4Latin-issuffixed to the root of nouns in composition,...
5Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
6Proto-Italic-ā—
7Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →