Gold is aurum because that is the Latin for gold. There is no Latin word for tungsten because the Romans did not know it existed.
However, the word aurum is where Gold got its chemical symbol - Au. Tungsten is known in German as wolfram and that is where it got its chemical symbol of W.
So, if gold is aurum, then tungsten might bewolfram
It comes from the Latin name of gold which is aurum.
Aurum is gold which has the atomic number 79.
The old name for gold is aurum.
The Latin word is aurum. =)
Aurum - hence the chemical symbol of gold is Au.
It is Au, for Aurum.
Another name for gold is "aurum," which is its Latin name.
Aurum. Means " shining dawn. ''
The Latin name for gold is "aurum."
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