cadmium etymology

English word cadmium comes from Ancient Greek κᾰδμείᾱ

Detailed word origin of cadmium

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
κᾰδμείᾱ Ancient Greek (grc)
Καδμεία Ancient Greek (grc)
cadmium English (eng) (countable) A single atom of this element.. A metallic chemical element (symbol Cd) with an atomic number of 48.

Words with the same origin as cadmium

Descendants of κᾰδμείᾱ
cadmia calamine