Where does “Aluminiummetaphosphat” come from?
Aluminiummetaphosphat (German) comes from German aluminium, from English aluminium, from Latin alūmen, from English -ium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.
Aluminiummetaphosphat (German): aluminium metaphosphate
Definitions
- aluminium metaphosphate
Ancestry of “Aluminiummetaphosphat”, step by step
Aluminiummetaphosphat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German aluminium
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | aluminium | aluminium (atomic number 13) |
| 2 | English | aluminium | A light, silvery metal extracted from bauxite,... |
| 3 | Latin | alūmen | alum |
| 4 | English | -ium | 1997, Bryan Pfaffenberger, "Official Microsoft... |
| 5 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |
via German Metaphosphat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Metaphosphat | metaphosphate |
| 2 | German | meta- | meta |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | μετᾰ- | between; concerning change; in the midst of |