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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”

  • organorubidium
  • rubidian
  • rubidide
  • dirubidium
  • monorubidium
  • radiorubidium
  • rubidium
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