Where does “vanadium” come from?

vanadium (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from New Latin vanadium, from Old Norse Vanadis.

vanadium (Norwegian Bokmål): vanadium, chemical element, symbol V

Definitions

  1. vanadium, chemical element, symbol V

Ancestry of “vanadium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latinvanadiumvanadium
2Old NorseVanadis—
Every word from Old Norse Vanadis →Every word from New Latin vanadium →
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