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Where does “rutenium” come from?

rutenium (Malay) comes from English ruthenium, from Latin Rutheni, from Old East Slavic роуси́нъ.

rutenium (Malay): ruthenium

Definitions

  1. ruthenium

Ancestry of “rutenium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrutheniumA metallic chemical element with an atomic...
2LatinRutheni—
3Old East Slavicроуси́нъ—
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