The story
- Japanese · derived from日本“Japan”
- English todaynihonium
From Japanese 日本 (Nihon, “Japan”) + -ium. Promulgated in June 2016 by the IUPAC based on recommendations of the RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science to honor the country where the element was discovered. Doublet of nipponium.
Words from the same roots
Japanese日本 all →
NihonDawnlandLand of the Rising SunNiphon
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.