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Selenium

2 stages from Greek to English.

Today it means a grey, brittle nonmetallic element essential in trace amounts to living cells
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Stage 1 of 2
selene
Greek · ancient
"the moon"
the moon, chosen to complement the related element named for the earth
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Stage 2 of 2
selenium
English · 1818
"a grey, brittle nonmetal element"
coined by chemists for the newly isolated element
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