Where does “cesium” come from?
cesium (Dutch) comes from German Cäsium, from Latin caesium, from Russian це́зий, from Latin caesius, from Latin caedō, from Proto-Italic kaidō, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂id-.
cesium (Dutch): caesium, cesium
Ancestry of “cesium”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Cäsium | cesium |
| 2 | Latin | caesium | nominative neuter singular of caesius; caesium |
| 3 | Russian | це́зий | — |
| 4 | Latin | caesius | bluish-gray, gray-eyed, blue-eyed, cat-eyed;... |
| 5 | Latin | caedō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kaidō | to cut, to hew, to fell |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂id- | — |