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Where does “molybdaena” come from?

molybdaena (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek μόλυβδος, from Proto-Indo-European morkʷ-iyo-.

molybdaena (Latin): nominative plural of molybdaenum; accusative...

Definitions

  1. nominative plural of molybdaenum; accusative...

Ancestry of “molybdaena”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekμόλυβδοςlead; graphite
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmorkʷ-iyo-—

Words derived from “molybdaena”

  • molybdenum
  • molybdate
  • molybdic
  • molybdenite
  • phosphomolybdic
  • phosphomolybdate
  • molybdena
  • thiomolybdate
  • heptamolybdate
  • phosphomolybdenum
  • paramolybdate
  • ferromolybdenum
  • dimolybdenum
  • molybdous
  • organomolybdenum
  • molybdian
  • radiomolybdenum
  • oxythiomolybdate
  • pentamolybdate
  • molybdosis
  • nonmolybdenum
  • molybdeniferous
  • молибден
  • молибде́н
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