Where does “rubidium” come from?

rubidium (Dutch) comes from German Rubidium, from Latin rubidus, from Latin -idus, from Proto-Italic *-iðos.

rubidium (Dutch): rubidium chemical element

Definitions

  1. rubidium chemical element

Ancestry of “rubidium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRubidiumrubidium
2Latinrubidusred
3Latin-idustending to
4Proto-Italic*-iðos—
Every word from Proto-Italic *-iðos →