Where does “Selensäure” come from?

Selensäure (German) comes from German Selen, from French sélénium, from Ancient Greek σελήνη, from Ancient Greek Σέλας — light, brightness, the bright flame or blaze of fire.

Selensäure (German): selenic acid

Definitions

  1. selenic acid

Ancestry of “Selensäure”, step by step

Selensäure traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Selen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSelenselenium
2Frenchséléniumselenium
3Ancient Greekσελήνηmoon; month; a moon-shaped cake
4Ancient GreekΣέλαςlight, brightness, the bright flame or blaze of fire

via German Säure

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSäureacid
2Middle High Germansiure—
Every word from Ancient Greek Σέλας →Every word from Ancient Greek σελήνη →Every word from French sélénium →