Where does “californium” come from?

californium (English) comes from English -ium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.

californium (English): A transuranic chemical element with an atomic...

Definitions

  1. A transuranic chemical element with an atomic...

Ancestry of “californium”, 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 “californium”

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