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Where does “radiothorium” come from?

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

radiothorium (English): The radioactive isotope thorium-228

Definitions

  1. The radioactive isotope thorium-228

Ancestry of “radiothorium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishthoriumA chemical element with atomic number 90: a...
2English-ium1997, Bryan Pfaffenberger, "Official Microsoft...
3Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
4Proto-Italic*-om—
5Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—
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