Where does “germanatian” come from?
germanatian (English) comes from English germanate, from English germanium, from German Germanium, from Latin Germānia, from Latin Germānī, from Latin Germānus, from Latin germen, from Proto-Italic genamen — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
germanatian (English): Describing minerals containing germanate anions
Definitions
- Describing minerals containing germanate anions
Ancestry of “germanatian”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | germanate | The oxyanion GeO derived from germanium; any salt... |
| 2 | English | germanium | A nonmetallic chemical element with an atomic... |
| 3 | German | Germanium | germanium |
| 4 | Latin | Germānia | — |
| 5 | Latin | Germānī | — |
| 6 | Latin | Germānus | — |
| 7 | Latin | germen | shoot, sprout, bud; germ, seed, origin; embryo,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | genamen | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁mn̥ | offspring, seed |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |