Where does “calcium” come from?

Calcium derives from Latin calx, meaning lime or limestone, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ, referring to gravel or small stones.

calcium (English): The chemical element (symbol Ca) with atomic number 20: a soft, silvery-white alkaline earth metal which occurs naturally as carbonate in limestone and as silicate in many rocks

Definitions

  1. The chemical element (symbol Ca) with atomic number 20: a soft, silvery-white alkaline earth metal which occurs naturally as carbonate in limestone and as silicate in many rocks

Ancestry of “calcium”, step by step

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

Words derived from “calcium”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom →Every word from English -ium →Every word from Latin -um →