Etymology

florentium

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Today it means: (disused nomenclature) Promethium. Full definition →

Italian florentium ← Latin Florentia
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromFlorentia“Florence”
  2. Italian · borrowed fromflorentium
  3. English todayflorentium

Borrowed from Italian florentium, florenzio, from Latin Florentia (“Florence”) + -ium (“metallic element”).

Words from the same roots

LatinFlorentia all →

Florence

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