Where does “kolloidal” come from?
kolloidal (German) comes from German -ál, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis.
kolloidal (German): colloidal
Ancestry of “kolloidal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | -ál | — |
| 2 | Latin | -ālis | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | -ālis | — |