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Vocabulary lesson from eBay
11-30-2015, 06:39 AM
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A liitle addition:
Quote:Der lateinische Name cuprum ist abgeleitet von aes cyprium „Erz von der Insel Zypern“, auf der im Altertum Kupfer gewonnen wurde.

(Latin cuprum is derived from aes cyprium meaning 'metal of Cyprus'.) The Latin words themselves were derived from Greek 'χάλκος κύπριος' meaning the same. So the origin is well known, whatever an English online etymology tells.

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Vocabulary lesson from eBay - rprosperi - 11-30-2015, 01:36 AM
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