Where does “thorium” come from?

Thorium comes from English Thor, the Norse god of thunder, plus the Latin suffix -um used in element names, derived from Latin -us, Old Latin -os, Proto-Italic -os, and Proto-Indo-European -ós.

thorium (English): A chemical element with atomic number 90: a...

Definitions

  1. A chemical element with atomic number 90: a...

Ancestry of “thorium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-ium1997, Bryan Pfaffenberger, "Official Microsoft...
2Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
3Proto-Italic*-om—
4Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—

Words derived from “thorium”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom →