Where does “radionuclide” come from?

radionuclide (Italian) comes from Italian radio-, from Latin radio-, from Latin radius, from English -án, from Middle English -an.

radionuclide (Italian): radionuclide

Definitions

  1. radionuclide

Ancestry of “radionuclide”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianradio-radio
2Latinradio-—
3Latinradiusray; staff, rod; spoke
4English-ánOf or pertaining to;. Often added to words of Latin origin, but also used with words of other origins. When a word ends in a
5Middle English-an—
Every word from Middle English -an →