Where does “minium” come from?

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

minium (English): Cinnabar, especially when used as a pigment;...

Definitions

  1. Cinnabar, especially when used as a pigment;...

Ancestry of “minium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinminiumnative cinnabar; red lead, minium
2Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
3Proto-Italic*-om—
4Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—

Words derived from “minium”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom →Every word from Latin -um →Every word from Latin minium →