Wiktionary:Etymology scriptorium/2010/October

lithium
Is it not from AGr. ? -- Prince Kassad 08:43, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
 * OED says it's from Modern Latin for whose etymology it gives - mod.L., as if Gr., neut. of  adj., stony, f.  stone; the name was proposed in 1818 by Berzelius for the fixed alkali discovered by Arfwedsson in 1817, to designate its mineral origin, the two previously known being of vegetable origin. (sorry, the Greek letters don't copy/paste) SemperBlotto 08:50, 29 October 2010 (UTC)


 * “mod.L., as if Gr., neut. of adj., stony, f.  stone” —Ruakh TALK 15:02, 29 October 2010 (UTC)