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Where does “teleradium” come from?

teleradium (English) comes from English radium, from French radium, from French radioactif, from French actif, from Old French actif, from Latin āctīvus, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργητικός, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργέω.

teleradium (English): teletherapy using radium

Definitions

  1. teletherapy using radium

Ancestry of “teleradium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishradiumThe chemical element with an atomic number of...
2Frenchradiumradium
3Frenchradioactifradioactive
4Frenchactifactive; asset; top
5Old Frenchactifactive
6Latināctīvus—
7Ancient GreekἐνεργητικόςAble to act on; acting on; Active; In the active...
8Ancient Greekἐνεργέωto be in action or activity, to operate; to...
9Ancient Greekἐνεργόςat work, active
10Ancient Greekἐν-in, within; on
11Ancient Greekἐνin, on, at; among; in, at, or during the time of
12Ancient Greekδέρμαskin, hide
13Ancient Greekγλυφήcarving, carved work; hole cut
14Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
15Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
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