stoicheia

Japanese: stoicheia
stoicheia

... The English word "element," the French word "élément," and the German word "Element" all come from the Latin word "elementum." There are several theories about the origin of this word, but it is certain that it is derived from the idea of ​​stoicheion (plural stoicheia), which represents the letters of the Greek alphabet. In other words, the word el-em-en-tum may have been created from the l, m, and n that come at the beginning of the second row of the 20 Latin letters when they are arranged in two rows, or it may have been created by corrupting the ph of elephantum (meaning a letter made of ivory) to m. In any case, there is no doubt that the word elementum originated from the connection with the letters, following the Greek example.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "stoicheia" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 〈元素〉を表す英語element,フランス語élément,ドイツ語Elementなどの言葉は,ラテン語のelementumからきている。この語の語源をめぐっていくつかの見解があるが,ギリシア語アルファベットの字母を表すストイケイオンstoicheion(複数形ストイケイアstoicheia)の考えが受け継がれたことは確かであろう。すなわち,ラテン語字母20を2列に並べたときの2番目の列の最初にくるl,m,nからel‐em‐en‐tumという言葉がつくられたか,それともelephantum(〈象牙でつくられた文字盤〉の意)のphがmに訛(なま)ってできたものか,その他いずれにしても,ギリシア語にならって字母との関連からelementumの語が出てきたことに疑いはなかろう。…

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