polyacid

polyacid

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús
Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor.
English poly-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der.
Latin aceō
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *-iðos
Latin -idus
Latin acidusbor.
French acidebor.
English acid
English polyacid

    From poly- + acid.

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    • Rhymes: -æsɪd

    Noun

    polyacid (plural polyacids)

    1. (chemistry) Any polybasic acid

    Adjective

    polyacid (not comparable)

    1. (chemistry, of a base) polybasic

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