different between sulphur vs kerite

English

Noun

sulphur (countable and uncountable, plural sulphurs)

1. Alternative spelling of sulfur
2. Any of various pierid butterflies of the subfamily Coliadinae, especially the sulphur coloured species. Compare yellow.

Derived terms

• Hot Sulphur Springs
• Owly sulphur, a type of owlfly
• sulphur spring
• Sulphur Springs
• White Sulphur Springs

Verb

sulphur (third-person singular simple present sulphurs, present participle sulphuring, simple past and past participle sulphured)

1. Alternative spelling of sulfur

Usage notes

• This is the traditional popular spelling in the UK and India, and an alternative spelling in Canada, Australia and New Zealand. However, it is considered non-standard in scientific contexts, as the IUPAC has only approved the spelling sulfur.

References

Anagrams

• uphurls

Latin

Alternative forms

• sulpur (archaic)
• sulfur (late-Classical)

Etymology

From a Hellenisation of earlier sulpur, from the root *selp- (“fat, oil”). Cognate with English salve, Sanskrit ??????? (sarpís, “cleaned melted butter”), ????? (s?prá, “greasy, smooth”), Tocharian B ?alype (“ointment”), and perhaps ????? (élpos, “?olive oil, fat”) or Ancient Greek ???? (ólp?, “flask for oil”).

According to De Vaan citing Szemerényi, perhaps from an s-stem Proto-Indo-European *sélpos. However, De Vaan finds both the -él- > -ól- and -os > -ur changes to be irregular (for -ol- > -ul- see sulcus), adding that perhaps it comes from Proto-Italic *solpor, from an r/n-stem Proto-Indo-European *sólpr? instead.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?sul.p?ur/, [?s????p??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?sul.fur/, [?sulfur]

Noun

sulphur n (genitive sulphuris); third declension

1. sulfur, brimstone
2. lightning

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Descendants

References

• sulphur in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sulphur in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek [Term?] (“horn”) +? -ite

Noun

kerite (countable and uncountable, plural kerites)

1. A compound in which tar or asphalt combined with animal or vegetable oils is vulcanized by sulphur, the product closely resembling rubber; formerly used as an insulating material in telegraphy.