Where does “cesium” come from?

cesium (Finnish) comes from Latin caesius, from Latin caedō, from Proto-Italic kaidō, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂id-.

cesium (Finnish): caesium, cesium

Definitions

  1. caesium, cesium

Ancestry of “cesium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincaesiusbluish-gray, gray-eyed, blue-eyed, cat-eyed;...
2Latincaedōto cut, hew, fell
3Proto-Italickaidōto cut, to hew, to fell
4Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂id-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂id- →Every word from Proto-Italic kaidō →Every word from Latin caedō →