Where does “Schwermetallion” come from?
Schwermetallion (German) comes from German Schwermetall, from German schwer, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti — he, she.
Schwermetallion (German): heavy metal ion
Definitions
- heavy metal ion
Ancestry of “Schwermetallion”, step by step
Schwermetallion traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Schwermetall
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Schwermetall | heavy metal |
| 2 | German | schwer | heavy, weighty; difficult, hard; serious |
| 3 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 4 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 5 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 6 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via German ion
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | ion | ion (an atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge) |
| 2 | English | Ion | Son of Creusa and Xuthus, and the ancestor of Ionian people |
| 3 | Romanian | Ion | John |
| 4 | French | ion | ion |
| 5 | English | ion | An atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical... |
| 6 | English | anion | A negatively charged ion |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἀνιόν | going up |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἄνειμι | go up |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ἀνά | on board; on, upon |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | *aná | up, upon |