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Where does “metyylielohopea” come from?

metyylielohopea (Finnish) comes from Finnish elohopea, from Latin argentum vīvum.

metyylielohopea (Finnish): methylmercury

Definitions

  1. methylmercury

Ancestry of “metyylielohopea”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishelohopeaA metallic element: mercury, quicksilver,...
2Latinargentum vīvum—
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