Where does “deuterium” come from?
Deuterium comes from Latin -um, Latin -us, Old Latin -os, Proto-Italic -os, and Proto-Indo-European -ós, a nominal suffix forming agent nouns and masculine gender markers across Indo-European languages.
deuterium (English): An isotope of hydrogen formed of one proton and...
Definitions
- An isotope of hydrogen formed of one proton and...
Ancestry of “deuterium”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ancient Greek | δεύτερος | second of two; second, next, another |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | dews- | to lack, need, require |
Words derived from “deuterium”