noun
Origin: ME antimonie < OFr antimoine < ML antimonium < ? Ar al ithmid, antimony < Gr stimi (> L stibium) < Coptic stēm < Egypt sdmt, orig. mixture used to protect the eyes from flies
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noun Symbol Sb
Origin:
Origin: Middle English antimonie
Origin: , from Medieval Latin antimōnium
Origin: , perhaps from Arabic al-’iīmid
Origin: : al-, the
Origin: + ’iīmid, antimony (perhaps from Greek stimmi)
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