词汇 | antimony |
词根词缀 | 词源: brittle metallic element, late 15c., from M.L. antimonium, an alchemist's term (used 11c. by Constantinus Africanus), origin obscure, probably a Latinization of Gk. stimmi, from some Arabic word (cf. 'othmud), unless the Arabic word is from the Gk.; probably ult. from Egyptian stm "powdered antimony" (used to paint the eyelids). In folk etymology, anti-moine "monk's bane" (from Fr. moine). As a pure element, it is attested from 1788; chemical symbol Sb is for Stibium. |
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