Etymology

transuranium

T1R1A1N1S1U1R1A1N1I1U1M3

Today it means: transuranic Full definition →

English uranium ← Latin Ūranus ← Ancient Greek Οὐρᾰνός (Ourănós)
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The story

  1. Englishtrans-
  2. Ancient Greekοὐρᾰνός (ourănós)
  3. Ancient GreekΟὐρᾰνός (Ourănós)
  4. LatinŪranus
  5. EnglishUranus
  6. Englishuranium
  7. English todaytransuranium

From trans- + uranium.

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