Where does “aluminium” come from?

Aluminium derives from the Latin alūmen, meaning a chemical compound used in dyeing and medicine, via the Modern Latin alūminium coined for the element in the 19th century.

aluminium (English): A light, silvery metal extracted from bauxite,...

Definitions

  1. A light, silvery metal extracted from bauxite,...

Ancestry of “aluminium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinalūmenalum
2English-ium1997, Bryan Pfaffenberger, "Official Microsoft...
3Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
4Proto-Italic*-om
5Proto-Indo-European*-oHom

Words derived from “aluminium

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHomEvery word from English -iumEvery word from Latin alūmen