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Where does “petrocalcic” come from?

petrocalcic (English) comes from English calcic, from English calci-, from English calcium, from English -ium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.

petrocalcic (English): Of or relating to a kind of soil horizon formed...

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to a kind of soil horizon formed...

Ancestry of “petrocalcic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishcalcicof, pertaining to, or derived from calcium or...
2Englishcalci-Related to calcium or its compounds; Used to form...
3EnglishcalciumThe chemical element , with an atomic number 20....
4English-ium1997, Bryan Pfaffenberger, "Official Microsoft...
5Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
6Proto-Italic*-om—
7Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—
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