Where does “水酸化リチウム” come from?

水酸化リチウム (Japanese) comes from Japanese リチウム, from New Latin lithium, from Latin lithia, from Latin lithium, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

水酸化リチウム (Japanese): lithium hydroxide

Definitions

  1. lithium hydroxide

Ancestry of “水酸化リチウム”, step by step

水酸化リチウム traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese リチウム

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseリチウムlithium
2New Latinlithiumlithium
3Latinlithianominative plural of lithium; accusative plural...
4Latinlithiumlithium
5Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
6Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
7Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
8Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

via Japanese 水酸化

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese水酸化hydroxylation, hydration; hydroxide; hydrate
2Japanesewater; drinking water; a fluid, liquid
3Old Japanesewater
4Proto-Japonic*mentuwater
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yósEvery word from Latin -iumEvery word from Latin -ius