Where does “Cäsium” come from?
Cäsium (German) comes from Latin caesium, from Russian це́зий, from Latin caesius, from Latin caedō, from Proto-Italic kaidō, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂id-.
Cäsium (German): cesium
Definitions
- cesium
Ancestry of “Cäsium”, step by step
Cäsium traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin caesium
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | caesium | nominative neuter singular of caesius; caesium |
| 2 | Russian | це́зий | caesium UK, cesium US |
| 3 | Latin | caesius | bluish-gray, gray-eyed, blue-eyed, cat-eyed;... |
| 4 | Latin | caedō | to cut, hew, fell |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kaidō | to cut, to hew, to fell |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂id- | — |
via New Latin caesium
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Latin | caesium | nominative neuter singular of caesius; caesium |