Where does “minium” come from?
minium (Latin) comes from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.
minium (Latin): native cinnabar; red lead, minium
Definitions
- native cinnabar; red lead, minium
Ancestry of “minium”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |
Words derived from “minium”