Etymograph

English

heptaselenide

From hepta- + selenide.

A compound of hepta- + selenide

Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ ‘seven’

Proto-Hellenic *heptə́ ‘seven’

Ancient Greek ἑπτά ‘seven’

English hepta-

Today it means

noun any selenide containing seven selenium atoms in each molecule

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