Etymograph

English

selenide

From selenium + -ide.

A compound of selenium + -ide

Proto-Hellenic *selasnā

Ancient Greek σελήνη ‘moon’

French sélénium

English selenium

Today it means

noun any compound in which selenium serves as an anion with an oxidation number of -2

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