Where does “tellurium” come from?
Tellurium comes from Latin tellurium, derived from tellus meaning earth, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European telh₂- meaning to heap or mound.
tellurium (English): The chemical element with atomic number 52....
Definitions
- The chemical element with atomic number 52....
Ancestry of “tellurium”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | tellūs | — |
Words derived from “tellurium”