Where does “ruthenium” come from?

ruthenium (English) comes from Latin Rutheni, from Old East Slavic роуси́нъ.

ruthenium (English): A metallic chemical element with an atomic...

Definitions

  1. A metallic chemical element with an atomic...

Ancestry of “ruthenium”, step by step

ruthenium traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin Rutheni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinRutheni—
2Old East Slavicроуси́нъ—

via Latin Ruthenia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinRuthenia—

Words derived from “ruthenium”

Every word from Old East Slavic роуси́нъ →Every word from Latin Rutheni →