Where does “bēryllium” come from?
bēryllium (New Latin) comes from Old French beril, from Latin bēryllus, from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος, from Prakrit विरलायते, from Sanskrit वैडूर्य, from Pali veḷuriya, from Pali veḷur — white town.
Ancestry of “bēryllium”, step by step