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The symbol for the chemical element Lead, Pb, atomic number 82, derives from the Latin name for lead, plumbum. Lead's original name was "plumbum nigrum", literally "black lead", where "plumbum candidum", or "bright plumbum", referred to Tin.

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The reason that leads chemical symbol is Pb is because the word lead in Latin is plumbum, therefore it is Pb.

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The lead symbol Pb is an abbreviation of the Latin word plumbum, a lead weight.

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the symbol comes from the latin word plumbum

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