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
- third-person singular past historic of aluminer
Ancestry of “alumina”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | aluminer | To aluminize |
| 2 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 3 | Middle French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;... |
| 4 | Old French | -ier | suffix used to form infinitives of first... |