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gallium.

A chemical element (symbol Ga) with an atomic number of 31; a soft bluish metal.

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noun/ˈɡæliəm/
  1. A chemical element (symbol Ga) with an atomic number of 31; a soft bluish metal.

    uncountable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gelH-? Proto-Celtic *galnatibor. Latin Gallus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin Gallia Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -umder. English -ium English gallium Named by its discoverer Lecoq, after Latin Gallia (“Gaul”). It was claimed that Lecoq had named the element after himself, since gallus is the Latin translation of the French le coq, but Lecoq denied this in an article of 1877.

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