English
lavoisium
Lavoisium comes from French Lavoisier.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentLavoisier
- Englishtodaylavoisium
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentLavoisier
- Englishtodaylavoisium
Formed from Lavoisier + -ium
The story
From French Lavoisier + -ium, named after the French chemist Antoine Lavoisier.
Every English word from French Lavoisier
Today it means
noun (obsolete) A supposed silvery-white, malleable, metallic chemical element, said to have been discovered in pyrites and some other minerals.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French Lavoisier / lavoisium