Where does “rubidium” come from?
rubidium (Malay) comes from English rubidium, from New Latin rubidium, from Latin rubidus, from Latin -idus, from Proto-Italic *-iðos.
rubidium (Malay): rubidium
Ancestry of “rubidium”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | rubidium | The chemical element with an atomic number of... |
| 2 | New Latin | rubidium | rubidium |
| 3 | Latin | rubidus | red |
| 4 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |