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English word origin

Etymology of -ide

Borrowed from Middle French -ide m, from Latin -idēs.

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
suffix

Archaic form of -id.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Borrowed from Middle French -ide m, from Latin -idēs.

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  • Borrowed-form mention-idefrm
  • Derivation mention-idēsla
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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
suffix

Archaic form of -id.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Borrowed from Middle French -ide f, from Latin -is.

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These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

  • Borrowed-form mention-idefrm
  • Derivation mention-isla
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Source etymology 3

Original entry ↗
suffix

Any of a group of related compounds - azide, polysaccharide, glycoside. · A binary compound - bromide, arsenide, palladide. · Any of a group of several elements - lanthanide.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide Generalized in the early 19th c. from oxide (which has its ending from French acide, itself from Latin -idus in acidus), and gradually displaced earlier -uret, both introduced in the English translation of de Morveau, Lavoisier et al.'s 1787 book Méthode de nomenclature chimique.

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