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Where does “vesbium” come from?

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

vesbium (English): A supposed rare metallic element extracted from...

Definitions

  1. A supposed rare metallic element extracted from...

Ancestry of “vesbium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-ium1997, Bryan Pfaffenberger, "Official Microsoft...
2Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
3Proto-Italic*-om—
4Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—
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