ONLINE ETYMOLOGY
DICTIONARY:palladium
(n.2)
- metallic element, coined 1803 by discoverer William Hyde Wollaston (1766-1828), from Pallas, name of an asteroid discovered the previous year (by German astronomer Olbers) and named for the goddess (see Pallas).
- Pallas
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- Greek goddess' name, lit. "little maiden," related to pallake "concubine," and probably somehow connected to Avestan pairika "beautiful women seducing pious men."
- palladium (n.1)
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"safeguard," c.1600, originally (late 14c.) "sacred
image of Pallas
Athene," from L. palladium, from Gk. Palladion, noun use of
neuter of Palladios "of Pallas." It stood in the citadel
of Troy and the safety of the city was believed to depend on it.
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