Where does “Aluminiumpolyphosphat” come from?
Aluminiumpolyphosphat (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.
Aluminiumpolyphosphat (German): aluminium polyphosphate
Definitions
- aluminium polyphosphate
Ancestry of “Aluminiumpolyphosphat”, step by step
Aluminiumpolyphosphat 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 Polyphosphat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Polyphosphat | polyphosphate |
| 2 | German | poly- | poly |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πολύς | many, a lot of; neuter πολύ or πολλά as... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πόρος | a means of passage, passageway, way, opening;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πείρω | I pierce, run through; I cleave through |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | *péryō | — |