lanthanum的词源

英文词源

lanthanum (n.)

metallic rare earth element, 1841, coined in Modern Latin by Swedish chemist and mineralogist Carl Gustav Mosander (1797-1858), who discovered it in 1839, from Greek lanthanein "to lie hidden, escape notice," from PIE root *ladh- "to be hidden" (see latent). So called because the element was "concealed" in rare minerals.

中文词源

lanthanum：镧

来自PIE*ladh,隐藏，词源同latent.因该元素发现之艰难而得名。比较dysprosium.

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