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Where does “vanadium” come from?

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

vanadium (English): A chemical element with atomic number 23; it is...

Definitions

  1. A chemical element with atomic number 23; it is...

Ancestry of “vanadium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latinvanadiumvanadium
2Old NorseVanadis—

Words derived from “vanadium”

  • vanadate
  • vanadyl
  • orthovanadate
  • vanadic
  • oxovanadium
  • metavanadate
  • pervanadate
  • polyvanadate
  • ferrovanadium
  • vanadiferous
  • divanadium
  • decavanadate
  • vanadian
  • vanadous
  • arsenosulvanite
  • molybdovanadate
  • sulvanite
  • nonvanadium
  • radiovanadium
  • vanadoan
  • vanadatian
  • vanadiumlike
  • hemovanadin
  • vanadylian
Every word from Old Norse Vanadis →