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Where does “thulium” come from?

thulium (English) comes from English -ium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.

thulium (English): A metallic chemical element with atomic number...

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “thulium”, 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 “thulium”

  • radiothulium
  • thulian
  • dithulium
  • thulate
  • tulium
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