Where does “aluminium” come from?

aluminium (Indonesian) comes from Dutch aluminium, from English aluminium, from Latin alūmen, from English -ium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.

aluminium (Indonesian): aluminium a silvery metal

Definitions

  1. aluminium a silvery metal

Ancestry of “aluminium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchaluminiumaluminium
2EnglishaluminiumA light, silvery metal extracted from bauxite,...
3Latinalūmenalum
4English-ium1997, Bryan Pfaffenberger, "Official Microsoft...
5Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
6Proto-Italic*-om—
7Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom →Every word from English -ium →Every word from Latin alūmen →