Where does “alumīnijs” come from?

alumīnijs (Latvian) comes from English alumina, from Latin alūmen, from English -ium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.

alumīnijs (Latvian): aluminum

Definitions

  1. aluminum

Ancestry of “alumīnijs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishaluminaAluminum oxide, especially when used in mining,...
2Latinalūmenalum
3English-ium1997, Bryan Pfaffenberger, "Official Microsoft...
4Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
5Proto-Italic*-om—
6Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom →Every word from English -ium →Every word from Latin alūmen →