Where does “alunière” come from?

alunière (French) comes 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.

alunière (French): alum mine

Definitions

  1. alum mine

Ancestry of “alunière”, step by step

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