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Where does “ceroan” come from?

ceroan (English) comes from English cerium, from English Ceres, from Latin Cerēs, from Proto-Italic kerēs, from Proto-Indo-European ḱerēs, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.

ceroan (English): Describing minerals that contain trivalent cerium

Definitions

  1. Describing minerals that contain trivalent cerium

Ancestry of “ceroan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishceriumA chemical element with an atomic number of 58,...
2EnglishCeresa recently discovered asteroid; Roman goddess of...
3LatinCerēs—
4Proto-Italickerēs—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱerēs—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
8Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army
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