Where does “אורניום” come from?
אורניום (Hebrew) comes from English uranium, from English -ium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.
אורניום (Hebrew): Uranium: an elemental metal, with atomic number...
Definitions
- Uranium: an elemental metal, with atomic number...
Ancestry of “אורניום”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | uranium | The element with atomic number 92 and symbol U: a... |
| 2 | English | -ium | 1997, Bryan Pfaffenberger, "Official Microsoft... |
| 3 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |