Sort-of memes that are cracking you up at the moment

Electricity (synthetic, from assembled voltaic piles or dynamos etc.) is named after natural electricity, from amber which holds static charge, which is called electrum in Latin from the Greek ἤλεκτρον

The first Europeans to encounter the electric eel would probably have been Portugese, in which language it is called Poraquê. That seems to be taken from the names given to it by the indigenous peoples where it is found, e.g. Pyrake in Kariña, Purake in Kokama, Puraké in Nheengatu and others.