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Where does “Plutón” come from?

Plutón (Spanish) comes from Latin Pluton, from Ancient Greek Πλούτων, from Ancient Greek -ών, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt, from Hungarian ön, from Hungarian ön-, from Turkish ön — sound, voice.

Ancestry of “Plutón”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinPluton—
2Ancient GreekΠλούτωνgod of the underworld; Pluto, Greek and Roman god...
3Ancient Greek-ώνforms words for places
4Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
5Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
6Hungarianönyou
7Hungarianön-self-
8Turkishönfront
9Ottoman Turkishاوك—
10Proto-Turkicǖnsound, voice

Words derived from “Plutón”

  • plutonio
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