• Taniwha420@lemmy.world
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      No. The Latin ending -ium designates that something comes from a place. Like, magnesium was originally found in Magnesia. Aluminia is not a place. It’s name is derived from the Latin word ‘alumen’ for aluminum oxide.

      This is what happens when you let people read the Bible in English.

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        The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) adopted aluminium as the standard international name for the element.

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        In the original book it was written as aluminum, the British publisher, got it wrong and the country has been saying it wrong ever since.

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          the country has been saying it wrong ever since

          If by country you mean the USA (and its northern colony). Literally everyone else in every language that matters spells it aluminium.

          Also, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) adopted aluminium as the standard international name for the element.