Origins of Elemental Names - Grade 11 University Chemistry
Origins of Elemental Names | |
|Actinium |Greek "aktis meaning beam or ray" |
|Aluminum |Latin "alumen" |
|Americium |After the Americas |
|Antimony |Latin "stibbum meaning mark" |
|Argon |Greek "argon" |
|Arsenic |Greek "arsenikos" meaning male from the belief that metals were different sexes. |
|Astantine |Greek "astatos" meaning unstable |
|Barium |Greek "barys" meaning heavy |
|Berkelium |Berkeley, home of the University of California |
|Beryllium |Greek "beryl" meaning sweet |
|Bismuth |German "weisse masse" meaning white mass |
|Bromine |Greek "bromos" meaning stench |
|Cadmium |Latin "cadmia" ancient name for calamine, a mineral |
|Calcium |Latin "calx" meaning lime or limestone |
|Californium |Named after the State and University of California |
|Carbon |Latin "carbos" meaning charcoal |
|Cerium |Named after the asteroid Ceres which was discovered 2 years before this element. |
|Cesium |Latin "caesius" meaning sky blue |
|Chlorine |Greek "chloros" meaning greenish-yellow |
|Chromium |Greek "chroma" meaning colour |
|Cobalt |German "kobold" meaning goblin or evil spirit |
|Copper |Latin "cuprum" named for an island off the coast of Cypress |
|Curium |Named after Marie and Pierre Curie |
|Dysprosium |Greek "dysprositos" meaning 'hard to get at!' |
|Einsteinium |Named after Albert Einstein |
|Erbium |A town in Sweden |
|Europium |Named after Europe |
|Fermium |Named after Enrico Fermi |
|Fluorine |Latin "fluere" meaning flow or flux |
|Francium |Named after France |
|Gadolinium |Named after Gadolin, a Fininsh chemist |
|Gallium |Latin "gallia" meaning France |
|Germanium |Latin "germania" meaning germany |
|Gold |Latin "arum" meaning 'shining dawn' |
|Hafnium |From Hafnia, the Latin name for Copenhagen |
|Helium |Greek "helios" meaning 'the sun' where helium was first found |
|Holmium |Latin "holmia" the Latin name of Stockholm |
|Hydrogen |Greek "hyro" meaning water and "genes" meaning forming |
|Indium |From the brillant indigo line in it's spectrum |
|Iodine |Greek "iodes" meaning violet |
|Iridium |Latin "iris" meaning rainbow |
|Iron |Latin "ferrum" meaning grey |
|Krypton |Greek "kryptos" meaning hidden |
|Lanthanum |Greek "lantanein" meaning to,'lie hidden' |
|Lawrencium |After E.O. Lawrence |
|Lead |Latin "plumbum" |
|Lithium |Greek "lithos" meaning stone |
|Lutetium |From the name Lutetia, the ancient name for Paris |
|Magnesium |From the word Magnesia which is a district in Thessaly |
|Manganese |Latin "magnes" meaning magnet |
|Mendelevium |After Dmitri Mendeleev, creator of the periodic table |
|Mercury |Latin "hydrogyrum" meaning 'liquid silver' and after the planet Mercury |
|Molybdenum |Greek "molybdos" meaning 'lead' |
|Neodymium |Greek "neos" meaning 'new" and "didymus" meaning 'twin' |
|Neon |Greek "neo" meaning 'new' |
|Neptunium |After the planet Neptune |
|Nickel |German "nickel" referring to Satan or 'Old Nick' |
|Niobium |After 'Niobe' daughter of Tantalus in Greek mythology |
|Nobelium |Named after Alfred Nobel, creator of the Nobel Peace Prize |
|Osmium |Greek "osme" meaning smell |
|Oxygen |Greek "oxys" meaning 'sharp or acid' and "genes" meaning 'forming' |
|Palladium |Named after the asteroid 'Pallus' |
|Phosphorus |Greek "phosphoros" meaning light-bearing, ancient name for the planet Venus |
|Platinum |Spanish "platina" meaning silver |
|Plutonium |After the planet Pluto |
|Polonium |After Poland |
|Praseodymium |Greek "prasios" meaning 'green' and "Didymus" meaning 'twin' |
|Promethium |After Prometheus, who according to Greek mythology stole fire from the Gods on Mount Olympus |
|Protactinium |Greek "protos" meaning 'first' |
|Radium |Latin "radius" meaning 'ray' |
|Radon |Derived from the name radium |
|Rhenium |Latin "rhenus" meaning 'The Rhine' |
|Rhodium |Greek "rhodon" meaning 'rose' |
|Rubidium |Latin "ribidus" meaning 'deepest red' |
|Ruthenium |Latin "Ruthenia" meaning 'Russia' |
|Samarium |Named after the mineral 'samarskite' |
|Scandium |Latin "Scandia" referring to Scandanavia |
|Selenium |Greek "selena" meaning 'moon' |
|Silicon |Latin "silex" meaning 'flint' |
|Silver |Latin "argentum" meaning 'silver' |
|Sodium |Latin "sodanum", a headache remedy |
|Strontium |Named after Strontion, a Scottish town |
|Sulphur |Latin "sulphurium" meaning 'brimstone' |
|Tantalum |Greek "Tantalos", Father of Niobe |
|Technetium |Greek "technetos" meaning 'artificial' |
|Tellurium |Latin "tellus" meaning 'earth' |
|Terbium |A village in Sweden |
|Thallium |Greek "thallus" meaning 'a green shoot or twig' |
|Thorium |Named after 'thor', the Scandanavian God of War |
|Thulium |Named after 'Thule', the most ancient name of Scandanavia |
|Tin |Latin "stannum" meaning 'tin' |
|Titanium |Latin "titan", the first sons of the Earth |
|Tungsten |Swedish "tung sten" meaning 'heavy stone' |
|Uranium |After the planet Uranus |
|Vanadium |After the Scandanavian Goddess Vanadis |
|Ytterbium |After Ytterby, a village in Sweden |
|Yttrium |Same as above |
|Zinc |German "Zink" meaning 'of obscure origin' |
|Zirconium |Arabic "zargun" meaning 'gold colour' |
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