Where does “ałun” come from?
ałun (Polish) comes from Old Polish hałun, from Middle High German alūn, from Old High German alūne, from Old French alun, from Latin alūmen, from English -ium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om.
ałun (Polish): alum
Definitions
- alum
Ancestry of “ałun”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Polish | hałun | alum |
| 2 | Middle High German | alūn | — |
| 3 | Old High German | alūne | — |
| 4 | Old French | alun | Alternative form of alum |
| 5 | Latin | alūmen | alum |
| 6 | English | -ium | 1997, Bryan Pfaffenberger, "Official Microsoft... |
| 7 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |