Where does “phōsphorus” come from?
phōsphorus (New Latin) comes from Ancient Greek Φωσφόρος, from Ancient Greek -φόρος, from Ancient Greek φέρω, from Proto-Hellenic pʰérō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰéreti, from Proto-Indo-European bʰēr- — shiny, light brown.
Ancestry of “phōsphorus”, step by step
Words derived from “phōsphorus”
- phosphate
- phosphatase
- triphosphate
- monophosphate
- diphosphate
- superphosphate
- phosphatidylinositol
- bisphosphate
- organophosphate
- phosphatic
- hypophosphatemia
- phosphatidylserine
- orthophosphate
- hyperphosphatemia
- polyphosphate
- phosphatidyl
- trisphosphate
- phosphatidylethanolamine
- triphosphatase
- phosphatidic
- bisphosphatase
- phosphatidylglycerol
- biphosphate
- hypophosphatemic