Etymology

monoaluminium

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Today it means: one aluminium atom in a molecule Full definition →

English aluminium ← Latin alūmen ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut-
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekμόνος (mónos)
  2. Ancient Greekμονο- (mono-)
  3. Englishmono-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂elut-
  5. Latinalūmen
  6. Englishaluminium
  7. English todaymonoaluminium

From mono- + aluminium.

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