Where does “trisodium” come from?
trisodium (English) comes from English sodium, from English -ium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.
trisodium (English): Three atoms of sodium in a compound
Definitions
- Three atoms of sodium in a compound
Ancestry of “trisodium”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | sodium | The chemical element with an atomic number of 11... |
| 2 | English | -ium | 1997, Bryan Pfaffenberger, "Official Microsoft... |
| 3 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |