Where does “Molybdation” come from?

Molybdation (German) comes from German ion, from English Ion, from Romanian Ion, from French ion, from English ion, from English anion, from Ancient Greek ἀνιόν, from Ancient Greek ἄνειμι — up, upon.

Molybdation (German): molybdate ion

Definitions

  1. molybdate ion

Ancestry of “Molybdation”, step by step

Molybdation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German ion

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanionion (an atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge)
2EnglishIonSon of Creusa and Xuthus, and the ancestor of Ionian people
3RomanianIonJohn
4Frenchionion
5EnglishionAn atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical...
6EnglishanionA negatively charged ion
7Ancient Greekἀνιόνgoing up
8Ancient Greekἄνειμιgo up
9Ancient Greekἀνάon board; on, upon
10Proto-Hellenic*anáup, upon

via German Molybdat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMolybdatmolybdate
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *anáEvery word from Ancient Greek ἀνάEvery word from Ancient Greek ἄνειμι