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Uranium

2 stages from Greek to English.

Today it means a dense, radioactive metallic element used as nuclear fuel
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Ouranos
Greek · ancient
"the sky god Uranus"
the primordial god of the sky, namesake of the planet Uranus
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Stage 2 of 2
uranium
English · 1789
"a dense radioactive metallic element"
named by its discoverer to honor the recently discovered planet Uranus
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