Etymology The History section says The word Antimony is a Latin corruption of Arabic al ithm d which is derived from Latin Stibium which came from Greek stibi a cosmetic powder Sb2S3 was used for cosmetic purposes The relationship between antimony s modern name and its symbol is complex the Coptic name for the cosmetic powder antimony sulfide was borrowed by the Greeks which was in turn borrowed by Latin resulting in stibium I have three comments on this The Arabic quoted says Antimun not al ithmid I can edit it but I think there are bigger issues This derivation is given in the original Oxford English Dictionary as doubly speculative both antimony from al uthmud and ithmid from Greek stimmid are there hedged about with possibly and suggestion Unless somebody has some more recent authoritative support for the etymology it should be shown as speculative On the other hand the well known derivation of alcohol from the Arabic name al kohl for the black pigment should be mentioned somewhere