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Where does “radiostrontium” come from?

radiostrontium (English) comes from English radio-, from Latin radius, from English -án, from Middle English -an.

radiostrontium (English): any radioactive isotope of strontium, especially...

Definitions

  1. any radioactive isotope of strontium, especially...

Ancestry of “radiostrontium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishradio-radiation, radioactive; radio; radius
2Latinradiusray; staff, rod; spoke
3English-án—
4Middle English-an—
Every word from Middle English -an →