Where does “zirconium” come from?
zirconium (Latin) comes from Russian цирко́ний, from German zirkonium, from German Zirkon, from French zircon, from Arabic زَرْقُون, from Pahlavi zlgwn', from Proto-Iranian jr̥Hanyam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ʰr̥Hanyam — to flourish; green, yellow.
zirconium (Latin): zirconium
Ancestry of “zirconium”, step by step
Words derived from “zirconium”