does anyoe know the latin root for lithium?

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does anyoe know the latin root for lithium?

2007-03-28 14:33:20 · 2 answers · asked by eaw_mkj 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry

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'Lithium' is formed from the modern Latin 'lithia', a term for lithium oxide. 'Lithia', however, is an alteration of the earlier Greek 'lithion', the neuter of 'litheios', from 'lithos', meaning stone.

2007-04-01 02:33:29 · answer #1 · answered by MHW 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋

It is not a Latin root, it comes from the Greek word lithos, which means rock or stone.

2007-03-29 15:15:50 · answer #2 · answered by Aegor R 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋