Where does “radon” come from?

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

radon (Danish): radon

Definitions

  1. radon

Ancestry of “radon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishradiumradium
2Danishradiusradius
3Latinradiusray; staff, rod; spoke
4English-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
5Middle English-an—
Every word from Middle English -an →Every word from English -án →Every word from Latin radius →