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- 10 non-trivial symbols: those not from the English element name, like "Hg"
- This list, entries are formatted to appear in {{Infobox element}} (eg, {{infobox Hg}})
- See also List of chemical element name etymologies#List (= source for this list; as of 18 August 2021)
List (11)
Etymology of non-trivial symbols | {{List of ...}} | |||
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Na | 11 | Chemistry:sodium | "Na": from New Latin natrium, coined from German Natron, 'natron' | § Na |
K | 19 | Chemistry:potassium | "K": from New Latin kalium | § K |
Fe | 26 | Chemistry:iron | "Fe": from Latin ferrum | § Fe |
Cu | 29 | Chemistry:copper | "Cu": from Latin cuprum | § Cu |
Ag | 47 | Chemistry:silver | "Ag": from Latin argentum | § Ag |
Sn | 50 | Chemistry:tin | "Sn": from Latin stannum | § Sn |
Sb | 51 | Chemistry:antimony | "Sb": from Latin stibium 'stibnite' | § Sb |
W | 74 | Chemistry:tungsten | "W": from Wolfram, originally from Middle High German wolf-rahm 'wolf's foam' describing the mineral wolframite[1] | § W |
Au | 79 | Chemistry:gold | "Au": from Latin aurum | § Au |
Hg | 80 | Chemistry:mercury | "Hg": from its Latin name hydrargyrum, itself from Greek hydrárgyros, 'water-silver' | § Hg |
Pb | 82 | Chemistry:lead | "Pb": from Latin plumbum | § Pb |
See also
- ↑ van der Krogt, Peter. "Wolframium Wolfram Tungsten". Elementymology& Elements Multidict. http://elements.vanderkrogt.net/element.php?sym=W.