gallium的词源

英文词源

gallium (n.)

metalic element that melts in the hand, discovered by spectral lines in 1875 by French chemist Lecoq de Boisbaudran (1838-1912), who named it apparently in honor of his homeland (see Gallic), but it has been suggested that he also punned on his own name (compare Latin gallus "cock," for which see gallinaceous).

中文词源

gallium：镓

来自Gallic, 高卢的，法国的。来自其发现者19世纪法国科学家Lecoq de Boisbaudran以祖国Gallic命名的金属元素 。

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