English
Port Radium
port+radium.
Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘to fare, cross’
Proto-Indo-European *pértus ‘crossing’
Proto-Italic *portus ‘harbour’
Latin portus ‘harbour, port’
Old English port ‘a port, haven’
English port
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
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Old French actif ‘active’
French actif ‘active’
French radio(actif)
French radium
English radium
Today it means
name A ghost town in Port Radium, Cameron Bay, Great Bear Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Port Radium