Etymograph

English

radioelement

From radio- + element.

A compound of radio- + element

Latin radius ‘ray’

English radio-

Latin elementum ‘a first principle’

Old French element

Middle English element

English element

Today it means

noun Any element whose currently known isotopes are all radioactive.

Sources

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