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Where does “trimethylindium” come from?

trimethylindium (English) comes from English indium, from German Indigo, from Spanish índigo, from Latin indicum, from Latin Indicus, from Ancient Greek ἰνδικός, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός.

trimethylindium (English): The organometallic compound, In, used in...

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  1. The organometallic compound, In, used in...

Ancestry of “trimethylindium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishindiumA chemical element with an atomic number of 49:...
2GermanIndigoindigo, a dye; "Indigofera", plant traditionally...
3Spanishíndigoindigo; indigo plant
4Latinindicumgenitive plural of index; inflection of...
5LatinIndicusof India
6Ancient Greekἰνδικός—
7Ancient GreekἸνδία—
8Ancient GreekἸνδόςan inhabitant of India or the Indian...
9Old Persian𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁India; people living beyond the Indus
10Sanskritसिन्धुa river, stream; flood, waters; ocean, sea
11Proto-Indo-Aryansíndʰuṣriver, ocean; flow
12Proto-Indo-Iraniansíndʰušriver, stream
13Sanskritसिन्धु॑—
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