tellurium
The origin and history of tellurium.
Etymology
The word is New Latin, coined by the German chemist Martin Heinrich Klaproth in 1798. It combines the Latin tellus, meaning earth, with the suffix -ium.
The origin and history of tellurium.
The word is New Latin, coined by the German chemist Martin Heinrich Klaproth in 1798. It combines the Latin tellus, meaning earth, with the suffix -ium.
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