Where does “periodontium” come from?

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

periodontium (English): The specialized tissues that both surround and...

Definitions

  1. The specialized tissues that both surround and...

Ancestry of “periodontium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-ium1997, Bryan Pfaffenberger, "Official Microsoft...
2Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
3Proto-Italic*-om—
4Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom →Every word from English -ium →Every word from Latin -um →
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