Where does “uranium” come from?

uranium (Malay) comes from English uranium, from English -ium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.

uranium (Malay): uranium uranium (element)

Definitions

  1. uranium uranium (element)

Ancestry of “uranium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishuraniumThe element with atomic number 92 and symbol U: a...
2English-ium1997, Bryan Pfaffenberger, "Official Microsoft...
3Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
4Proto-Italic*-om—
5Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom →Every word from English -ium →Every word from Latin -um →