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calcium (n.)
coined 1808 by English chemist Sir Humphrey Davy (1778-1829), who first succeeded in isolating it, from Latin
calx
(genitive
calcis
) "limestone" (see
chalk
(n.)) + metallic element ending
-ium
.
