bromine
The origin and history of bromine.
Etymology
The word comes from an obsolete English form, brome, plus the ending -ine. Brome came from French, which took it from the Ancient Greek word brômos, meaning stink.
The origin and history of bromine.
The word comes from an obsolete English form, brome, plus the ending -ine. Brome came from French, which took it from the Ancient Greek word brômos, meaning stink.
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