Etymology of the English word bisulfite
the English word
bisulfitederived from the English word
bi-derived from the Latin word
bi-derived from the Latin word
bis (two)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dwo-derived from the Old Latin word
duisderived from the English word
sulfiteusing the English suffix
-itederived from the English word
sulfurderived from the Anglo-Norman word
sulfrederived from the Latin word
sulfur (brimstone, sulfur; lightning)
Usage
Word found in Modern English