Where does “کلسیم” come from?

کلسیم (Persian) comes from French calcium, from English calcium, from English -ium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.

کلسیم (Persian): calcium

Definitions

  1. calcium

Ancestry of “کلسیم”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcalciumcalcium
2EnglishcalciumThe chemical element (symbol Ca) with atomic number 20: a soft, silvery-white alkaline earth metal which occurs naturally as carbonate in limestone and as silicate in many rocks
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 *-oHomEvery word from English -iumEvery word from Latin -um