Where does “rubidium” come from?

rubidium (English) comes from New Latin rubidium, from Latin rubidus, from Latin -idus, from Proto-Italic *-iðos.

rubidium (English): The chemical element with an atomic number of...

Definitions

  1. The chemical element with an atomic number of...

Ancestry of “rubidium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latinrubidiumrubidium
2Latinrubidusred
3Latin-idustending to
4Proto-Italic*-iðos—

Words derived from “rubidium”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-iðos →Every word from Latin -idus →Every word from Latin rubidus →