lithium的词源

英文词源

lithium (n.)

silver-white metallic element, 1818, with element ending -ium + lithia, Modern Latin name given by Swedish chemist Jöns Jacob Berzelius (1779-1848) to the earth from which it was extracted, from Greek lithos "stone" (see litho-). So called from its mineral origin and to distinguish it from two previously known alkalis of vegetable origin.

中文词源

lithium：锂

来自希腊语lithos,石头。因该金属元素发现于石头中而得名。

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