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Where does “alane” come from?

alane (English) comes from English aluminium, from Latin alūmen, from English -ium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.

alane (English): aluminium hydride, AlH; Any organic derivative of...

Definitions

  1. aluminium hydride, AlH; Any organic derivative of...

Ancestry of “alane”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishaluminiumA light, silvery metal extracted from bauxite,...
2Latinalūmen—
3English-ium1997, Bryan Pfaffenberger, "Official Microsoft...
4Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
5Proto-Italic*-om—
6Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—

Words derived from “alane”

  • carbaalane
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