- osmium (n.)
[osmium 词源字典]
- metallic element, 1803, coined in Modern Latin by its discoverer, English chemist Smithson Tennant (1761-1815) from Greek osme "smell, scent, odor" good or bad (cognate with Latin odor; see odor). So called for the strong smell of its oxide.[osmium etymology, osmium origin, 英语词源]