英语词汇electricity的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	electricity
词源	electricity. English scientist William Gilbert published his researches on magnetism in 1600, writing in Latin and using the Latinized word for amber, electricus, because he had rubbed amber in his experiments to attract light substances. Gilbert himself later translated electricus into English as electric and gave the name electricity to the entity through which he had ef- fected magnetism.
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