Where does “meitneriu” come from?
meitneriu (Romanian) comes from English meitnerium, from English -ium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.
meitneriu (Romanian): meitnerium (chemical element)
Definitions
- meitnerium (chemical element)
Ancestry of “meitneriu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | meitnerium | A transuranic chemical element with atomic... |
| 2 | English | -ium | 1997, Bryan Pfaffenberger, "Official Microsoft... |
| 3 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |