élément
French
noun
Definitions
- element (part of a whole)
- element (chemical element)
Etymology
Derived from Latin elementum (element, a first principle, rudiment).
Origin
Latin
elementum
Gloss
element, a first principle, rudiment
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- elementum Latin
- elem Hungarian
- elemento Italian
- macroélément French
- microélément French
- oligoélément French
- radioélément French
- элеме́нт Russian
- elemento Spanish, Castilian
- στοιχεῖον Ancient Greek
- *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European
- element Norwegian Bokmål
- elemento Portuguese
- element Swedish
- element Norwegian Nynorsk
- element Old French
- element Catalan, Valencian
- elemento Galician
- element Middle High German
- *elβ̃en Proto-Brythonic
- element Crimean Tatar