Where does “Gallium” come from?

Gallium (Latin) comes from Latin Gallius, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

Gallium (Latin): inflection of Gallius: ## accusative masculine...

Definitions

  1. inflection of Gallius: ## accusative masculine...

Ancestry of “Gallium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinGalliusGallic
2Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
3Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
4Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Latin -ius →Every word from Proto-Italic -jōs →