sulphur
Latin
noun
Definitions
- sulfur, brimstone
- lightning
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *sélpos.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*sélpos
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- eyesalve English
- salve English
- salvelike English
- salver English
- sulfur Latin
- sulphatum Latin
- desolforare Italian
- dizolfo Italian
- inzolfare Italian
- solfifero Italian
- solfo Italian
- solfuro Italian
- tetrazolfo Italian
- zolfaio Italian
- zolfo Italian
- soufre French
- sulfate French
- azufre Spanish, Castilian
- *swelplos Proto-Indo-European
- *sélpos Proto-Indo-European
- सर्पिस् Sanskrit
- salve Middle English
- sulf Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- sulfină Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- azufre Asturian
- *sarpíṣ Proto-Indo-Aryan
- *selpa Proto-Albanian