molybdenum的词源

英文词源

molybdenum (n.)

metallic element, 1816, from molybdena, used generally for lead-like minerals, from Greek molybdos "lead," also "black graphite," related to Latin plumbum "lead" (see plumb (n.)), and like it probably borrowed from a lost Mediterranean language, perhaps Iberian. The element so called because of its resemblance to lead ore.

中文词源

molybdenum：钼

金属元素，用于指铅状矿物质。来自希腊语molybdos,铅，黑色石墨，-um,化学元素后缀。

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