Where does “arsenic” come from?
arsenic (French) comes from Middle French arsenic, from Latin arsenicum, from Ancient Greek ἀρσενικόν, from Middle Persian zarnīk, from Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬀, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃i.
arsenic (French): arsenic
Ancestry of “arsenic”, step by step
Words derived from “arsenic”