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Where does “bismut” come from?

bismut (Romanian) comes from French bismuth, from German Wismut, from Middle High German wismāt, from Latin bisemutum, from Arabic بِسِيمُوتِيُّون, from Ancient Greek ψιμύθιον, from Ancient Greek -ῐον, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

bismut (Romanian): bismuth

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  1. bismuth

Ancestry of “bismut”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbismuthbismuth
2GermanWismutbismuth
3Middle High Germanwismāt—
4Latinbisemutumbismuth
5Arabicبِسِيمُوتِيُّون—
6Ancient Greekψιμύθιον—
7Ancient Greek-ῐονdiminutive suffix; "suffix forming...
8Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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