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tetrasulfide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tetra-sul-fide
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noun

Any sulfide having four sulfur atoms

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores Ancient Greek τέσσᾰρες (téssăres) Ancient Greek τετρᾰ- (tetră-)bor. English tetra- Latin sulpur Latin sulfur Latin sulphur Anglo-Norman sulfrebor. Middle English sulphur English sulf(ur) English -ide English sulfide English tetrasulfide From tetra- + sulfide.

Inflected Forms

tetrasulfides (plural) tetrasulphide (alternative)

Derived Forms

epitetrasulfide

Phrases

arsenic tetrasulfide barium tetrasulfide diallyl tetrasulfide dinitrogen tetrasulfide dipropyl tetrasulfide molybdenum tetrasulfide sodium tetrasulfide styrene tetrasulfide

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What does tetrasulfide mean?: Any sulfide having four sulfur atoms
Where does tetrasulfide come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores Ancient Greek τέσσᾰρες (téssăres) Ancient Greek τετρᾰ- (tetră-)bor. English tetra- Latin sulpur Latin sulfur Latin sulphur Anglo-Norman sulfrebor. Middle English sulphur English sulf(ur) English -ide English sulfide English tetrasulfide From tetra- + sulfide.

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