tellurion

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*telh₂-“ground, bottom”
2. Latin · derived fromtellūs“earth, ground; the globe, planet Earth; country, land”
3. English todaytellurion

From Latin tellūs (“earth, ground; the globe, planet Earth; country, land”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“ground, bottom”) + -ion (a Latinate suffix used in place of -ian (suffix meaning ‘one from, belonging to, relating to, or like’)), possibly coined by Benjamin Martin (baptized 1705; died 1782), an English lecturer, lexicographer, and maker of scientific instruments: see the quotation. Piecewise doublet of tellurium.

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