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English

heliumlike

From helium + -like.

Formed from helium + -like

Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ ‘sun’

Proto-Hellenic *hāwélios ‘sun’

Ancient Greek ἥλιος ‘sun’

New Latin helium

English helium

Today it means

adj Having the electronic structure of a helium atom

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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