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Where does “trinitride” come from?

trinitride (English) comes from English nitride, from English nitrogen, from French nitrogène, from French -gène, from Latin -genus, from Ancient Greek -γενής, from Ancient Greek -είᾱ, from Ancient Greek -ής — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

trinitride (English): Any compound containing three nitride groups

Definitions

  1. Any compound containing three nitride groups

Ancestry of “trinitride”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnitrideA compound of nitrogen where nitrogen has an...
2EnglishnitrogenThe chemical element with an atomic number of 7...
3Frenchnitrogènenitrogen
4French-gène-gen, -genic
5Latin-genusborn from, sprung form
6Ancient Greek-γενήςborn in a certain place or condition; of a kind
7Ancient Greek-είᾱ—
8Ancient Greek-ήςadjective suffix
9Proto-Indo-European-ēsPrimarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds
10Proto-Indo-European-ess—
11Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
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