Etymology of the English word bismuth
the English word
bismuthderived from the New Latin word
bisemutumderived from the German word
Wismutderived from the Obsolete German word
Bismuthderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kweit-Date
The earliest known usage of bismuth in English dates from the 17th century.
Derivations in English
bismuthic,
bismuthine,
bismuthous,
bismuthyl,
bismanolCognates
Dutch
bismut, French
bismuth, German
Wismut, Icelandic
bismút, Spanish
bismuto, Swedish
vismutUsage
Word found in Modern English
