Where does “columbium” come from?

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

columbium (English): niobium

Definitions

  1. niobium

Ancestry of “columbium”, 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 “columbium

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom