Where does “curio” come from?

curio (Spanish) comes from English curium, from English -ium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.

curio (Spanish): curium; curie

Definitions

  1. curium; curie

Ancestry of “curio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcuriumA transuranic chemical element with an atomic...
2English-ium1997, Bryan Pfaffenberger, "Official Microsoft...
3Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
4Proto-Italic*-om—
5Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom →Every word from English -ium →Every word from Latin -um →
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