Where does “アルミニウム” come from?
アルミニウム (Japanese) comes from English aluminium, from Latin alūmen, from English -ium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.
アルミニウム (Japanese): aluminum/aluminium
Ancestry of “アルミニウム”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | aluminium | A light, silvery metal extracted from bauxite,... |
| 2 | Latin | alūmen | — |
| 3 | English | -ium | 1997, Bryan Pfaffenberger, "Official Microsoft... |
| 4 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |
Words derived from “アルミニウム”