Where does “alunage” come from?

alunage (French) comes from French aluner, from French alun, from Old French alum, from Latin alūmen, from English -ium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.

alunage (French): aluming

Definitions

  1. aluming

Ancestry of “alunage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchalunerto alum
2Frenchalunalum
3Old Frenchalumalum
4Latinalūmenalum
5English-ium1997, Bryan Pfaffenberger, "Official Microsoft...
6Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
7Proto-Italic*-om—
8Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom →Every word from English -ium →Every word from Latin alūmen →