Where does “alumina” come from?

alumina (French) comes from French aluminer, from French -er, from Middle French -er, from Old French -ier — suffix used to form infinitives of first...

alumina (French): third-person singular past historic of aluminer

Definitions

  1. third-person singular past historic of aluminer

Ancestry of “alumina”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchaluminerTo aluminize
2French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
3Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
4Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...
Every word from Old French -ier →Every word from French -er →Every word from Middle French -er →