Where does “polonium” come from?
polonium (New Latin) comes from Medieval Latin Polonia, from Polish Polanie, from Proto-Slavic poľane, from Proto-Slavic poľe, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- — flat.
polonium (New Latin): polonium
Ancestry of “polonium”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | Polonia | Poland |
| 2 | Polish | Polanie | Poles; field-dwellers |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | poľane | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | poľe | field |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₂- | flat |
Words derived from “polonium”