calamine的词源

英文词源

calamine (n.)

zinc carbonate; zinc silicate, 1590s, from French calamine, from Old French calemine, chalemine (13c.), from Medieval Latin calamina, corrupted by alchemists from Latin cadmia "zinc ore," from Greek kadmeia (see cadmium). Or possibly the Medieval Latin word is from Latin calamus "reed," in reference to the mineral's shape.

中文词源

calamine：炉甘石

改编自拉丁词cadmia, 字面义为Cadmean earth, 词源同cadmium.

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