Palladium Definition

Origin of Palladium

• Middle English Palladion a statue of Pallas Athena believed to protect Troy from Old French palladion from Latin Palladium from Greek Palladion from Pallas Pallad- Pallas Athena

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• The sense of "safeguard" comes from Latin Palladium (the image of Pallas that protected Troy), from Ancient Greek Παλλάδιον (Palladion), from Παλλάς (Pallas), an alternative name for Athena.

  From Wiktionary

• The element was named after Pallas, an asteroid that had been discovered two years before the element.

  From Wiktionary

• From Pallas (discovered at the same time as the element)

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition