Well attestedNamed through a historical place-name
manganese
noun · first attested 17th century
The metal is a scrambled form of Magnesia, like magnesium and magnet.
A hard, brittle metallic element, number 25.
Record
- Relationship
- Named through a historical place-name
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 17th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Magnesia
- In English
manganese
Ores from Magnesia in Thessaly produced several names in Latin and Italian that blurred into one another. Manganese, magnesium and magnet all come back to the same district.
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