'Cobalt' is a word borrowed from German 'cobalt'. The word entered the English language some time around 1683.
cobalt [noun] [1683]
- a tough lustrous silver-white magnetic metallic element that is related to and occurs with iron and nickel and is used ...
- cobalt blue
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Etymology: German 'Kobalt' alteration of 'Kobold' literally, goblin, from Middle High German 'kobolt;' from its occurrence in silver ore, believed to be due to goblins
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