Hydrargyrum that is why it's symbol is Hg
Hyragyrum is the latin name of mercury(Hg)
The name of the Latin messenger god is Mercury.
mercury
The Latin word for mercury is "hydrargyrum."
Hermes' Latin name was mercury.
The Latin Name of Mercury is Hydrargyrum that is why it's symbol is Hg.
hydrargyrum
Mercury is a latin word-it was the name for the roman god of messages, travel, thieves and luck (greek god Hermes). The planet Mercury was named after the god. If you are asking for the metal mercury, it would have come from the god's name, and it is unlikely that the romans had a specific word for that metal.
Hg, for hydragyrum, latin of mercury
Hermes (Latin: Mercury).
The old name for Merury is hydrargyrum from hydr- meaning water and argyros meaning silver. Mercury is a liquid silvery metal and was, in fact, known as quicksilver. Anyway, the chemical symbol comes from hydrargyrum.
Hermes (Latin: Mercury).