English
technetate
From technetium + -ate (“derivative”).
Formed from technetium + -ate ‘derivative’
Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ- ‘to create, produce’
Proto-Indo-European *téḱ-sneh₂
Ancient Greek τέχνη ‘craft, skill, art’
Ancient Greek τεχνητός ‘artificial, manmade’
English technetium
Today it means
noun Any oxyanion of technetium; any salt containing such an anion.
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