Where does “trivanadium” come from?

trivanadium (English) comes from English vanadium, from New Latin vanadium, from Old Norse Vanadis.

trivanadium (English): Three vanadium atoms or cations in a molecule (V3)

Definitions

  1. Three vanadium atoms or cations in a molecule (V3)

Ancestry of “trivanadium”, step by step

trivanadium traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English vanadium

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvanadiumA chemical element with atomic number 23; it is...
2New Latinvanadiumvanadium
3Old NorseVanadis—

via English tri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtritriathlon; triangle
2Proto-Indo-Europeantréyesthree
Every word from Old Norse Vanadis →
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