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dwi- en · X

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Sanskrit द्वि (dvi)bor. English dwi- Borrowed from Sanskrit द्वि (dvi, “two”).

Meanings

  1. (dated, morpheme) A designation prefix for undiscovered chemical elements lying two periods under a known element in the periodic table. (For example, rhenium was called dwi-manganese before its discovery in 1925.)

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Relateds

eka- · bi- · Mendeleev's predicted elements · di- · tri-