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Where does “didymium” come from?

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

didymium (English): A mixture of praseodymium and neodymium once...

Definitions

  1. A mixture of praseodymium and neodymium once...

Ancestry of “didymium”, 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 “didymium”

  • neodymium
  • praseodymium
  • neodymate
  • praseodymian
  • dipraseodymium
  • dineodymium
  • praseodymate
  • organoneodymium
  • neoidimiam
  • neodimium
  • praseodimium
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