[OC] English Words of Spanish Origin and the Number of Mentions in WikipediaSubmitted by OfficialWireGrind t3_zs48my in dataisbeautiful
RoastedRhino t1_j17rffd wrote
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I doubt that the English language took platinum from Spanish, when it’s extremely common to take element names from Latin.
U5urPator t1_j18qhtn wrote
In this case it actually derives from Spanish. The Spanish first found the metal and called it "platina" in the 18th century. In the early 19th century they gave the metal its now latin sounding name.
You could also go back further in history and say that platina is a deriviation of the french word "plate".
RoastedRhino t1_j18tnsv wrote
I didn’t know! That’s interesting, thanks!
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