Where does “alpaks” come from?
alpaks (Polish) comes from Polish aluminium, from English aluminium, from Latin alūmen, from English -ium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.
alpaks (Polish): silumin
Definitions
- silumin
Ancestry of “alpaks”, step by step
alpaks traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Polish aluminium
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | aluminium | aluminum |
| 2 | English | aluminium | A light, silvery metal extracted from bauxite,... |
| 3 | Latin | alūmen | alum |
| 4 | English | -ium | 1997, Bryan Pfaffenberger, "Official Microsoft... |
| 5 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |
via Polish Pacz
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | Pacz | — |