My only guess would be that they weren't looking for the new element when they were conducting the experiment, so it was surprising to find this new element...it's a stranger. ?
The Greek word for stranger is xenos.
it originates from the Greek word "stranger" or "foreigner"
The symbol Xe from xenon is from the first two letters of the name; in the Greek language xenos is stranger.
The word Xenon is derived from the Greek word "xenos" which means stranger, alien or guest.
It is derived from xenos, which is a Greek word.
Because Sir William Ramsay named it after the Greek word xenon, meaning foreigner, stranger or guest.
The Greek word for stranger is xenos.
The Greek word xenos, which means stranger or guest. Xenon was discovered as an unexpected residue in the fractional distillation of liquid air.
Xenon means "stranger" in english
It was called xenon because In Greek it is xenos , meaning stranger, because it is pretty rare to find in the air you breathe.
it originates from the Greek word "stranger" or "foreigner"
The symbol Xe from xenon is from the first two letters of the name; in the Greek language xenos is stranger.
The word Xenon is derived from the Greek word "xenos" which means stranger, alien or guest.
Probable because xenon was the last noble gas to be discovered: in the Greek language xenos is strange.
In Greek it is xenos , meaning stranger, because it is pretty rare to find in the air you breath.
The name derives from the Greek word xenos which means stranger or alien or visitor.
It comes from the Greek word, xenon, meaning stranger. William Ramsay and Morris Travers discovered krypton and neon by evaporating components of liquid air. They found a gas in he residue left over from evaporating components of liquid air. Ramsay suggested the name xenon for this gas from the Greek word, xenon, meaning foreigner / stranger / guest.