The story
- Latin · derived fromHolmia“Stockholm”
- English todayholmium
From Latin Holmia (“Stockholm”), the hometown of Per Teodor Cleve, one of the discoverers of holmium.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
holmium
Today it means: A chemical element (symbol Ho) with atomic number 67: a soft and malleable silvery-white metal, too reactive to be found uncombined in nature. Full definition →
Latin Holmia