Where does “stibium” come from?

stibium (English) comes from Latin stibium, from Ancient Greek στίβι, from Ancient Greek στίμμι, from Egyptian sdm — to put makeup on; to apply medicine or salves to.

stibium (English): antimony; kohl: stibnite used in ancient Egypt...

Definitions

  1. antimony; kohl: stibnite used in ancient Egypt...

Ancestry of “stibium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinstibiumantimony; kohl, stibnite
2Ancient Greekστίβιantimony
3Ancient Greekστίμμιpowdered antimony, kohl, used for eye paint
4Egyptiansdmto put makeup on; to apply medicine or salves to

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