Where does “lithium” come from?

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

lithium (Latin): lithium

Definitions

lithium

Ancestry of “lithium”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	-ium	Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
2	Latin	-ius	forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
3	Proto-Italic	-jōs	Forms comparative adjectives
4	Proto-Indo-European	-yós	Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “lithium”

lithium
dilithium
organolithium
lithiation
butyllithium
methyllithium
delithiation
lithal
trilithium
lithiumlike
lithian
monolithiation
radiolithium
metalithium
monolithium
nonlithium
lithium
lithia
litioso
litio
dilitio
Lithiumtetraborat
Lithiumbatterie
Lithiumamid

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