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ium- root words — words with the ium- root

The root ium- comes from Latin ium, meaning thing, place (nominal suffix). 80 words in Dendril are built from it, including repositories, sodium, consortia, soliloquies, beryllium, colloquies, achenium, aluminium, alumium, americium, ammonium, anacardium. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the ium- root

Explore words with ium- — words containing the ium- root and sharing its sense of "thing, place (nominal suffix)". Examples include repositories, sodium, consortia, soliloquies, beryllium, colloquies, achenium, aluminium, alumium, americium, ammonium, anacardium. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

What does ium- mean?

The ium- root means thing, place (nominal suffix), from Latin ium. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.