thallium etymology

English word thallium comes from Proto-Indo-European *dʰal, Latvian spectra

Detailed word origin of thallium

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
*dʰal Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
spectra Latvian (lav)
θαλλός Ancient Greek (grc)
thallium English (eng) A metallic chemical element (symbol Tl) with atomic number 81.. A single atom of this element.

Words with the same origin as thallium

Descendants of *dʰal
Chalcolithic chalco- chalcogen chalcogenide homothallic orichalcum thall- thallic thalliferous thallious
Descendants of spectra
caesian caeside caesious caesium