Where does “كاليفورنيوم” come from?
كاليفورنيوم (Arabic) comes from English californium, from English -ium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.
كاليفورنيوم (Arabic): californium
Definitions
- californium
Ancestry of “كاليفورنيوم”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | californium | A transuranic chemical element with an atomic... |
| 2 | English | -ium | 1997, Bryan Pfaffenberger, "Official Microsoft... |
| 3 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |