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Where does “Oxidationszustand” come from?

Oxidationszustand (German) comes from German zustand, from German zustehen, from German zu-, from Middle High German zuo-, from Old High German zuo-, from Proto-West Germanic *tō, from Proto-Germanic tō, from Proto-Indo-European de — Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...

Oxidationszustand (German): oxidation state; oxidizing conditions

Definitions

  1. oxidation state; oxidizing conditions

Ancestry of “Oxidationszustand”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanzustand—
2Germanzustehento be entitled; to occur
3Germanzu-Prefix meaning to, to-, at, on, by; Obsolete form...
4Middle High Germanzuo-—
5Old High Germanzuo-—
6Proto-West Germanic*tō—
7Proto-Germanictōto
8Proto-Indo-EuropeandeEmphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...
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