Where does “triethylaluminium” come from?

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

triethylaluminium (English): A volatile organometallic compound used in...

Definitions

  1. A volatile organometallic compound used in...

Ancestry of “triethylaluminium”, step by step

triethylaluminium traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English aluminium

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishaluminiumA light, silvery metal extracted from bauxite,...
2Latinalūmenalum
3English-ium1997, Bryan Pfaffenberger, "Official Microsoft...
4Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
5Proto-Italic*-om—
6Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—

via English triethyl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtriethylThree ethyl groups in a compound
2Englishtri-API; three; Used in combination with a known...
3Sanskritत्रिthree
4Proto-Indo-Aryantráyasthree
5Proto-Indo-Iraniantráyasthree
6Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom →Every word from English -ium →Every word from Latin alūmen →