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Germanium

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means a brittle, grey-white metalloid element used in semiconductors
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Stage 1 of 2
Germania
Latin · ancient
"Germany"
the Latin name for Germany, honoring the element's discoverer's homeland
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Stage 2 of 2
germanium
English · 1886
"a brittle, grey-white metalloid element"
named by its German discoverer after his home country
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