cyanide

cyanide
cyanide a salt of hydrocyanic acid, 1826, coined from cyan-, comb. form for carbon and nitrogen compounds, from Gk. kyanos "dark blue" (see CYAN (Cf. cyan)) + chemical ending -IDE (Cf. -ide), on analogy of chloride. So called because it first had been obtained by heating the dye pigment powder known as Prussian blue (see PRUSSIAN (Cf. Prussian)).

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