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Where does “calsiwm” come from?

calsiwm (Welsh) comes from English calcium, from English -ium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.

calsiwm (Welsh): calcium

Definitions

  1. calcium

Ancestry of “calsiwm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcalciumThe chemical element , with an atomic number 20....
2English-ium1997, Bryan Pfaffenberger, "Official Microsoft...
3Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
4Proto-Italic*-om—
5Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—
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