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ALUMINUM Meaning: "alum" (see alum). Davy originally called it alumium (1808), then amended this to aluminum, which… See origin and meaning of aluminum.

Aluminum - Etymology, Origin & Meaning Advertisement Remove Ads Want to remove ads? Log in to see fewer ads, and become a Premium Member to remove all ads. Origin and history of aluminum aluminum (n.) by 1812, from alumina , alumine , the name given by French chemists late 18c. to aluminum oxide, from Latin alumen "alum" (see alum ). Sir Humphry Davy, working to isolate it, called it alumium (1808), later he used aluminum (by 1812), which remains the U.S. word. The form aluminium , the modern preferred British word, was proposed by January 1811 in an account of Davy's published experiments wri

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