Where does “trirubidium” come from?

trirubidium (English) comes from English rubidium, from New Latin rubidium, from Latin rubidus, from Latin -idus, from Proto-Italic *-iðos.

trirubidium (English): Three atoms of rubidium in a chemical compound

Definitions

  1. Three atoms of rubidium in a chemical compound

Ancestry of “trirubidium”, step by step

trirubidium traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English rubidium

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrubidiumThe chemical element with an atomic number of...
2New Latinrubidiumrubidium
3Latinrubidusred
4Latin-idustending to
5Proto-Italic*-iðos—

via English tri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtritriathlon; triangle
2Proto-Indo-Europeantréyesthree
Every word from Proto-Italic *-iðos →Every word from Latin -idus →Every word from Latin rubidus →