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Where does “uranyo” come from?

uranyo (Tagalog) comes from Spanish uranio, from Spanish -ío, from Old Spanish -io, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

uranyo (Tagalog): uranium

Definitions

  1. uranium

Ancestry of “uranyo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishuraniouranium
2Spanish-íoA suffix forming abstract nouns and adjectives
3Old Spanish-ioA suffix forming abstract nouns
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
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