praseodymium

praseodymium Bedeutung / praseodymium Übersetzung:

rare metallic element, 1885, coined in Modern Latin by discoverer Carl Auer von Welsbach (1858-1929) from Greek prasios “leek-green” (from prason “leek;” traditionally identified with Latin porrum “leek,” which suggests a PIE * prso-) + didymos “double” (von Pie Root *dwo- “Two”).

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