phosphorous

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bheh2- Proto-Indo-European *bhéh2os Proto-Hellenic *pháwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Proto-Indo-European *bher- Proto-Indo-European *bhéreti Proto-Hellenic *phérō Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek -φόρος (-phóros) Ancient Greek φωσφόρος (phōsphóros)bor. Latin phōsphorusbor. English phosphorus Proto-Indo-European *h3ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h3édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English phosphorous From phosphorus + -ous.

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: фосфорен (fosforen) — of or pertaining to phosphorus
• Catalan: fosforós — of or pertaining to phosphorus
• Danish: fosforholdig — of or pertaining to phosphorus
• French: phosphoreux — of or pertaining to phosphorus
• French: phosphorique — of or pertaining to phosphorus
• French: phosphorescent — of or pertaining to phosphorus
• French: phosphorescente — of or pertaining to phosphorus
• Portuguese: fosforoso — of or pertaining to phosphorus
• Danish: fosforlignende — resembling phosphorus
• French: phosphoreux — resembling phosphorus
• French: phosphorique — resembling phosphorus
• French: phosphorescent — resembling phosphorus
• French: phosphorescente — resembling phosphorus
• Bulgarian: съдържащ тривалентен фосфор (sǎdǎržašt trivalenten fosfor) — of, relating to or containing trivalent phosphorus
• Danish: fosforsyrlig — of, relating to or containing trivalent phosphorus
• Dutch: fosforig — of, relating to or containing trivalent phosphorus
• French: phosphoreux — of, relating to or containing trivalent phosphorus
• French: phosphorique — of, relating to or containing trivalent phosphorus
• French: phosphorescent — of, relating to or containing trivalent phosphorus
• French: phosphorescente — of, relating to or containing trivalent phosphorus
• Italian: fosforoso — of, relating to or containing trivalent phosphorus