palladium

Where does the word "palladium" come from? It comes from Greek Pallas, and was adopted directly into English (1803).

Palladium’s story begins in Greek: Pallas meant “a name of the goddess Athena.” An epithet of the goddess Athena, later the name of a newly discovered asteroid. It reached English by 1803 as palladium. Named by its discoverer after the recently discovered asteroid Pallas. Today, palladium means a soft, silvery-white metallic element used in catalytic converters and jewelry.

1. Stage 1 · Greek · ancient Pallas "a name of the goddess Athena", an epithet of the goddess Athena, later the name of a newly discovered asteroid.
2. Stage 2 · English · 1803 palladium "a soft, silvery-white metallic element", named by its discoverer after the recently discovered asteroid Pallas.