Where does “iridium” come from?

Iridium is a New Latin scientific naming suffix -ium derived from Latin -um, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European weh₁y- meaning to turn or bend.

iridium (English): A chemical element with an atomic number of 77:...

Definitions

  1. A chemical element with an atomic number of 77:...

Ancestry of “iridium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latiniridiumiridium
2LatinĪris—
3Ancient GreekἾριςIris
4Ancient GreekἼρις—

Words derived from “iridium”

Every word from Ancient Greek Ἴρις →Every word from Ancient Greek Ἶρις →Every word from Latin Īris →