Where does “aluminia” come from?
aluminia (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto aluminio, from English aluminium, from Latin alūmen, from English -ium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.
aluminia (Esperanto): of or relating to aluminium
Definitions
- of or relating to aluminium
Ancestry of “aluminia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | aluminio | aluminium, aluminum |
| 2 | English | aluminium | A light, silvery metal extracted from bauxite,... |
| 3 | Latin | alūmen | alum |
| 4 | English | -ium | 1997, Bryan Pfaffenberger, "Official Microsoft... |
| 5 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |