Where does “handwavium” come from?
handwavium (English) comes from English -ium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.
handwavium (English): Any hypothetical but unobtainable material with...
Definitions
- Any hypothetical but unobtainable material with...
Ancestry of “handwavium”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -ium | 1997, Bryan Pfaffenberger, "Official Microsoft... |
| 2 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |