Etymology

ekamanganese

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Today it means: the name given by Dmitri Mendeleev to the predicted element (technetium) lying below manganese in the periodic table Full definition →

English manganese ← French manganèse ← Italian manganese
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The story

  1. Englisheka-
  2. LatinMagnēsia
  3. Latinmagnēsius
  4. Medieval Latinmagnēsia
  5. Italianmanganese
  6. Frenchmanganèse
  7. Englishmanganese
  8. English todayekamanganese

From eka- + manganese.

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