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
Ancestry of “uranyo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | uranio | uranium |
| 2 | Spanish | -ío | A suffix forming abstract nouns and adjectives |
| 3 | Old Spanish | -io | A suffix forming abstract nouns |
| 4 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 5 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |