Where does “uraniamu” come from?

uraniamu (Swahili) comes from English uranium, from English -ium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.

uraniamu (Swahili): uranium

Definitions

  1. uranium

Ancestry of “uraniamu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishuraniumThe element with atomic number 92 and symbol U: a...
2English-ium1997, Bryan Pfaffenberger, "Official Microsoft...
3Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
4Proto-Italic*-om—
5Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—
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