Etymograph

English

heptasulfide

From hepta- + sulfide.

Formed from hepta- + sulfide

Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ ‘seven’

Proto-Hellenic *heptə́ ‘seven’

Ancient Greek ἑπτά ‘seven’

English hepta-

Today it means

noun Any compound having seven sulfide groups, or seven linked sulfur atoms

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