Where does “silicizare” come from?

silicizare (Romanian) comes from Romanian siliciu, from French silicium, from Latin silicium, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

silicizare (Romanian): silicization

Definitions

  1. silicization

Ancestry of “silicizare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniansiliciusilicon
2Frenchsiliciumsilicon
3Latinsiliciumsilicon
4Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
5Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
6Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
7Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós