Where does “Alaun” come from?

Alaun (German) comes from Middle High German alūn, from Old High German alūne, from Old French alun, from Latin alūmen, from English -ium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.

Alaun (German): alum

Definitions

  1. alum

Ancestry of “Alaun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanalūn—
2Old High Germanalūne—
3Old FrenchalunAlternative form of alum
4Latinalūmenalum
5English-ium1997, Bryan Pfaffenberger, "Official Microsoft...
6Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
7Proto-Italic*-om—
8Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—

Words derived from “Alaun”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom →Every word from English -ium →Every word from Latin alūmen →