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Where does “phosphocalcic” come from?

phosphocalcic (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.

phosphocalcic (English): Relating to any phosphate of calcium, especially...

Definitions

  1. Relating to any phosphate of calcium, especially...

Ancestry of “phosphocalcic”, 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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