Where does “argentalium” come from?
argentalium (English) comes from English aluminium, from Latin alūmen, from English -ium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.
argentalium (English): An alloy of aluminium and silver
Definitions
- An alloy of aluminium and silver
Ancestry of “argentalium”, step by step
argentalium traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English aluminium
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | aluminium | A light, silvery metal extracted from bauxite,... |
| 2 | Latin | alūmen | alum |
| 3 | English | -ium | 1997, Bryan Pfaffenberger, "Official Microsoft... |
| 4 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |
via Latin argentum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | argentum | silver; a silver thing |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | argentom | silver |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂r̥ǵn̥tóm | silver |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂erǵ- | white, argent; glittering |