Disulphuric

/dɪˈsʌlfˈjʊrɪk/ adjective

Definition

British spelling relating to acids or compounds containing two sulfur atoms.

Etymology

British variant of disulfuric, from dis- + sulph- + -uric, where -uric relates to 'urine' in earlier chemistry (as sulfuric was thought to relate to burning), both now etymologically obscure.

Kelly Says

The 'uric' in sulfuric doesn't actually come from urine despite what it sounds like—it comes from obsolete Latin terminology meaning 'of or from burning,' making the word a linguistic fossil.

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