Where does “alunite” come from?
alunite (English) comes from English aluminilite, from English aluminium, from Latin alūmen, from English -ium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.
alunite (English): A gray, water-soluble mineral, potassium...
Definitions
- A gray, water-soluble mineral, potassium...
Ancestry of “alunite”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | aluminilite | alunite |
| 2 | English | aluminium | A light, silvery metal extracted from bauxite,... |
| 3 | Latin | alūmen | — |
| 4 | English | -ium | 1997, Bryan Pfaffenberger, "Official Microsoft... |
| 5 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |
Words derived from “alunite”