Where does “germylium” come from?
germylium (English) comes from English germyl, from English germane, from English germanium, from German Germanium, from Latin Germānia, from Latin Germānī, from Latin Germānus, from Latin germen — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
germylium (English): Any cation formed by a germanium atom with three...
Definitions
- Any cation formed by a germanium atom with three...
Ancestry of “germylium”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | germyl | The univalent radical of germanium HGe- that is... |
| 2 | English | germane | Related to the topic being discussed or... |
| 3 | English | germanium | A nonmetallic chemical element with an atomic... |
| 4 | German | Germanium | germanium |
| 5 | Latin | Germānia | — |
| 6 | Latin | Germānī | — |
| 7 | Latin | Germānus | — |
| 8 | Latin | germen | shoot, sprout, bud; germ, seed, origin; embryo,... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | genamen | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁mn̥ | offspring, seed |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |