Where does “uraan” come from?

uraan (Dutch) comes from German Uran, from Latin Ūranus, from Ancient Greek οὐρανός, from Ancient Greek ϝορσανός.

uraan (Dutch): uranium

Definitions

  1. uranium

Ancestry of “uraan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanUranuranium
2LatinŪranusUranus god of the sky
3Ancient Greekοὐρανόςthe vaulted sky, on which the stars were attached...
4Ancient Greekϝορσανός—
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