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Where does “mangan” come from?

mangan (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German Mangan, from German Manganesium, from French manganèse, from Italian manganese, from New Latin magnēsium, from Ancient Greek Μαγνησία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

mangan (Serbo-Croatian): manganese

Definitions

  1. manganese

Ancestry of “mangan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanManganmanganese
2GermanManganesium—
3Frenchmanganèsemanganese
4Italianmanganesemanganese
5New Latinmagnēsium—
6Ancient GreekΜαγνησίαMagnesia
7Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
8Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
9Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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