arsenic
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥h₃enyomder.
Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰr̥Hanyam
Proto-Iranian *jr̥Hanyam
Old Median *zaranyam
Old Median *kā
Old Median *zaraniyakāder.
Middle Persian *zarnīkbor.
Classical Syriac ܙܪܢܝܟܐ (zarnīḵā)der.
Arabic الزَرْنِيخ (az-zarnīḵ)bor.
Byzantine Greek ἀρσενικόν (arsenikón)der.
Latin arsenicumder.
Middle French arsenicbor.
Middle English arsenik
English arsenic
From Middle English arsenik, borrowed from Middle French arsenic, from Latin arsenicum, from Ancient Greek ἀρσενικόν (arsenikón, “yellow arsenic”) (influenced by ἀρσενικός (arsenikós, “potent, virile”)), from Semitic (compare Classical Syriac ܙܪܢܝܟܐ (zarnīḵā), Aramaic 𐡆𐡓𐡍𐡉𐡊𐡀 (zrnykʾ /⁠zarnīḵā⁠/)), from Middle Iranian *zarnīk (compare Persian زرنیخ (zirnīx /zernix, zarnīx /zarnix, “arsenic”), زرنی (zurnī /zorni), Bakhtiari زرنیق (zarniq)), from Old Median *zaraniyakā (compare Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬀 (zaraniia, “golden”), Old Persian 𐎭𐎼𐎴𐎡𐎹 (d-r-n-i-y /⁠daraniya-⁠⁠⁠/, “gold”), Sanskrit हिरण्य (híraṇya, “gold”), Persian زر (zar, “gold”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-. More at yellow.
Inflected forms:
form: arsenics
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: arsenick
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: arsenick
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: A toxic grey brittle nonmetallic chemical element (symbol As) with an atomic number of 33.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The mining industry also had a hand in two other rollbacks. One was a decision to withdraw a Clinton rule that reduced by 80 percent the permissible standard for arsenic in drinking water.
CSPI says the Trump Administration could take steps to protect consumers from each of these chemicals and support FDA’s broader post-market assessment efforts. It could ensure that FDA sets health-protective limits on heavy metals, like lead, arsenic, and cadmium, in foods consumed by children.
gloss: A single atom of this element.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: Arsenic trioxide.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Of or containing arsenic with a valence of 5.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Related words: arsenical
arsenicosis
arsenicum album
arsenous
arsphenamine
neoarsphenamine
neosalvarsan
sulfarsin
sulpharsin
Derived words: antimonial arsenic
armangite
arsane
arsanilic
arsenate
arsenene
arsenetted
arsenian
arseniate
arseniated
arsenicane
arsenicate
arsenicated
arsenic bloom
arsenic diiodide
arsenic dioxide
arsenic diphosphide
arsenic disulfide
arsenic disulphide
arsenic glass
arsenic hemiselenide
arsenicised
arsenicized
arsenicism
arsenicite
arsenicize
arsenic monophosphide
arsenic monoxide
arsenic monoxide monochloride
arsenicophagy
arsenic oxybromide
arsenic oxychloride
arsenic pentachloride
arsenic pentafluoride
arsenic pentaoxide
arsenic pentaselenide
arsenic pentasulfide
arsenic pentoxide
arsenic sesquioxide
arsenic tetrachloride fluoride
arsenic tetraoxide
arsenic tetrasulfide
arsenic tribromide
arsenic trichloride
arsenic trifluoride
arsenic trihydride
arsenic triiodide
arsenic trioxide
arsenic triphosphide
arsenic triselenide
arsenic trisulfide
arsenic trisulphide
arsenide
arseniferous
arsenious
arsenite
arseniuret
arseno-
arsenoan
arsenous
arsine
arsole
arsonium
butter of arsenic
diarsenic
flowers of arsenic
iridarsenite
iron arsenic sulfide
melarsoprol
native arsenic
nickel arsenic sulfide
organoarsenic
pentaarsenic
platarsite
radioarsenic
red arsenic
sulfide of arsenic
sulphide of arsenic
tetraarsenic
triarsenic
trihydride of arsenic
white arsenic
white arsenic oxide
yellow arsenic
pyroarsenic
sulphoarsenic
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