Where does “aluminian” come from?

aluminian (English) comes from English ian, from Irish Eoin, from Old Irish Iohain, from Latin Iōannēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης, from Hebrew יוחנן, from Hebrew חנון, from Moroccan Arabic خنونة.

aluminian (English): Describing minerals containing aluminium cations

Definitions

  1. Describing minerals containing aluminium cations

Ancestry of “aluminian”, step by step

aluminian traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ian

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishian
2IrishEoinJohn any of several people in the Bible
3Old IrishIohainJohn apostle
4LatinIōannēsJohn biblical persons
5Ancient GreekἸωάννης
6HebrewיוחנןYahweh is gracious
7Hebrewחנוןgracious, merciful, compassionate; passive...
8Moroccan Arabicخنونةmucus, snot
9Arabicخُنَّة

via English aluminium

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