English
osmium
Osmium comes from Ancient Greek ὀσμή ‘smell’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃ed-‘to smell’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃édyetireconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*ód͏̌d͏̌ō‘to smell’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὄζωózō‘to smell’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEὀσμήosmḗ‘smell’
- Englishtodayosmium
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃ed-‘to smell’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃édyetireconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*ód͏̌d͏̌ō‘to smell’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὄζωózō‘to smell’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEὀσμήosmḗ‘smell’
- Englishtodayosmium
Formed from -ium
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- ‘to smell’
dental, tooth, dent, zinc, odor, annoy, egregious, tusk, dens, odious, redolent, dancy, odium, 69 more
through Ancient Greek ὄζω ‘to smell’
Today it means
noun A chemical element (symbol Os) with atomic number 76: a hard, brittle, heavy, bluish-white transition metal found as a trace element in alloys, mostly in platinum ores.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- / osmium