Where does “radium” come from?

radium (Danish) comes from Danish radius, from Latin radius, from English -án, from Middle English -an.

radium (Danish): radium

Definitions

  1. radium

Ancestry of “radium”, step by step

radium traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish radius

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishradiusradius
2Latinradiusray; staff, rod; spoke
3English-ánOf or pertaining to;. Often added to words of Latin origin, but also used with words of other origins. When a word ends in a
4Middle English-an—

via Danish ium

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishium—

Words derived from “radium”

Every word from Middle English -an →Every word from English -án →Every word from Latin radius →