Etymology

lithia

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Today it means: Lithium oxide, Li₂O, used in the manufacture of ceramics and glass. Full definition →

Ancient Greek λίθος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromλίθος“a stone”
  2. English todaylithia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos, “a stone”), apparently because it is found only in minerals; discovered 1817 by Johan August Arfwedson.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekλίθος all →

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