Chemical elements from common nouns
| Element | a.n. | symbol | from | origin of symbol |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| potassium | 19 | K | potash | Latin kalium |
| iron | 26 | Fe | iron | Latin ferrum |
| silver | 47 | Ag | silver | Latin argentum |
| tin | 50 | Sn | tin | Latin stannum |
| gold | 79 | Au | gold | Latin aurum |
| lead | 82 | Pb | lead | Latin plumbum |
| Element | a.n. | symbol | from Greek | meaning in English |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hydrogen | 1 | H | udro genhV | water-forming |
| lithium | 3 | Li | liqoV | stone |
| beryllium | 4 | Be | bhrullos | the mineral beryl |
| nitrogen | 7 | N | nitron genhV | nitre-forming |
| oxygen | 8 | O | oxuV genhV | acid-forming |
| neon | 10 | Ne | neoV | new |
| chlorine | 17 | Cl | clwros | greenish-yellow |
| argon | 18 | Ar | argoV | inactive |
| chromium | 24 | Cr | crwma | color |
| bromine | 35 | Br | brwmoV | stench |
| krypton | 36 | Kr | kruptoV | hidden |
| molybdenum | 42 | Mo | molubdoV | lead |
| technetium | 43 | Tc | tecnhtoV | artificial |
| rhodium | 45 | Rh | rodon | rose |
| cadmium | 48 | Cd | kadmeia | the mineral calamine |
| antimony | 48 | Sb* | anti monoV | not alone |
| iodine | 53 | I | iwdhV | violet |
| xenon | 54 | Xe | xenon | stranger |
| barium | 56 | Ba | baruV | heavy |
| lanthanum | 57 | La | lanqanein | to hide |
| praseodymium | 59 | Pr | prasioV didumoV | green twin |
| neodymium | 60 | Nd | neoV didumoV | new twin |
| dysprosium | 66 | Dy | dusprositoV | hard to get at |
| osmium | 76 | Os | osmh | odor |
| thallium | 81 | Tl | qalloV | green shoot |
| astatine | 85 | At | astatoV | unstable |
| actinium | 89 | Ac | aktiV | ray |
| protactinium | 91 | Pa | prwtoV | first |
*Sb is from Latin stibium
| Element | a.n. | symbol | from Latin | meaning in English |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| carbon | 6 | C | carbo | charcoal |
| fluorine | 9 | F | fluere | to flow |
| aluminum | 13 | Al | alumen | alum |
| silicon | 14 | Si | silex | flint |
| sulfur | 16 | S | sulfur | sulfur |
| calcium | 20 | Ca | calx | lime |
| rubidium | 37 | Rb | rubidus | deep red |
| cesium | 55 | Cs | caesius | sky-blue |
| iridium | 77 | Ir | iris | rainbow |
| radon | 86 | Rn | radius | ray |
| radium | 88 | Ra | radius | ray |
| Element | a.n. | symbol | from | meaning in English | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boron | 5 | B | Persian burah | borax | |
| sodium | 11 | Na* | Persian surach | saltwort | |
| zinc | 30 | Zn | German Zink | [origin uncertain] | |
| arsenic | 33 | As | Persian zerni-zar | gold | |
| zirconium | 40 | Zr | Persian zargun | golden | |
| tungsten | 74 | W† | Swedish tung sten | heavy stone | |
| platinum | 78 | Pt | Spanish plata | silver | |
| bismuth | 83 | Bi | German Weisse Masse | white mass |
*Na is from Latin natrium
†W is from "wolframite", or uncertain origin
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