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deuterium (n.)
1933, coined by U.S. chemist Harold C. Urey, with Modern Latin ending + Greek
deuterion
, neuter of
deuterios
"having second place," from
deuteros
"second," from
duo
(see
two
). So called because it is twice the mass of hydrogen.
