Etymology

tellurium

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Today it means: The chemical element with atomic number 52. Symbol: Te. A rare, brittle, mildly toxic, silver-white metalloid. Full definition →

New Latin tellurium ← Latin tellūs ← Proto-Indo-European *telh₂-der.?
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tellurium · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*telh₂-der.?
  2. Latintellūs
  3. New Latintellurium
  4. English todaytellurium

New Latin, coined by German chemist Martin Heinrich Klaproth in 1798, from Latin tellūs (“earth”) + -ium (“-ium”). Piecewise doublet of tellurion (see etymology 2).

tellurium · noun2

  1. Latin · derived fromtellus“earth”
  2. English todaytellurium

Latin tellus (“earth”).

Words from the same roots

Latintellūs all →

TellusTellotelluriantellurictelestialtelluraltelluriontelluro-

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