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Latin on the Period Table - From Na to Hg to Ag and all other non-intuitive elements in-between!
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Sodium = natrium, natri(n.)
Potassium = kalium, kalii(n.)
Iron = Ferrus, ferri(m.)
gold = aurum, auri(n.)
Tin = stannum, stanni(n.)
Lead = plumbum, plumbi(n.)
Silver = argentum, argenti(n.)
HYDRARGYRUM = Mercury
Copper = Cuprum, Cupri(n.)
Hydrogen - contains the Greek word hydros (water) and genus, geni, which means “birth, origin, creation”.
- Hydrogen, therefore, literally means…
- “water-creator”
- “water-birther”
- “water-origin”