There are over 110 'elements' on the Periodic Table. If you're talking about what ancient 'scientists' believed, they thought there were only Earth, Wind, Fire and Water. More were discovered later.
ignis, terra, aer et aqua.
aqua = water
aer = air
terra = earth
ignis = fire
"Elementa alchemica sunt, ex quibus in temporibus antiquis materies constare cogitabatur, id est ignis, terra, aer et aqua."
Source website: http://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elementum_(discretiva)
Water means brave
Earth means not quitting at any cost
Fire means hated and destruction
Air means peace and love time of era only
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It is Fire, water, earth and wind/and or/ air. That's it. 🌊🌬️🌲🥕 (pretend the carrot is fire)
the four elements are
1. air
2. water
3. fire
4 earth
I think it is earth,water,fire, and wind
thallium -thallos
The symbols of such elements are based on their Latin names. For example, the symbol Fe for iron comes from the Latin ferrum, meaning iron.
Because there are languages other than English, and elements have different names in those languages. Some of the symbols are taken from those languages instead. Latin is probably the most common; it's responsible for Fe, Na, K, Cu, Ag, Au, Sn, Sb, and Pb (at least... there may be a few others I missed). Tungsten is called Wolfram in some countries, and its symbol W comes from that name.
The names and symbols are from their Latin names. Lead for example is Pb, because its Latin name is Plumbum.
You may be referring to the elements whose symbols do not match their names. Such symbols refer to names for those elements (or something related) in other languages. Examples: Au (gold) comes from the Latin word aurum W (tungsten) comes form the Swedish word wolfram. Tungsten is still sometimes called wolfram. Na (sodium) comes from the Latin word natrium which itself may come from the Egyptian word natron. Natrium is the modern German word for sodium.
The reason why these elements don't correspond with their English names is because they are chemical elements in Latin. For example Potassium(K) is Kalium, Iron(Fe) is Ferum, and Sodium (Na) is Natrium in Latin.
Elements got their names from their latin names,greek gods,or from the names of the persons who discovered them.
From their latin names. Au, gold, is aurum.
Latin was one of the first languages. Many other languages have Latin roots. And Not all the elements have Latin names. Some are named after famous people and scientist. Such as Einsteinium.
Many elements names are of Greek and Latin words. Some elements are name after where named after countries like France, German ect.
Eleven elements have names in Latin. Here they are, in ascending atomic number:Sodium (Latin: natrium)Potassium (Latin: kalium)Iron (Latin: ferrum)Copper (Latin: cuprum)Silver (Latin: argentum)Tin (Latin: stannum)Antimony (Latin: stibium)Mercury (Latin: hydragyrum)Gold (Latin: aurum)Lead (Latin: plumbum)Read more: What_elements_have_latin_names
The periodic table of the elements is based on Latin names. The Latin word for gold is "aurum."
They usually begin with the letter that starts their Latin name (E.G., "aurum" = gold = Au).
- from the names of planets - from the name of scientists - from toponyms - from mythology - from some characteristics of the chemical elements - from old words (in Greek, Latin, Arabian, Persan)
Some of the chemical symbols are derived from element names in foreign languages, especially Latin.
Most of the atomic symbols come from the Latin names for the elements. The Latin name for potassium is 'kalium'
because all names are in the latin language
I think it is Latin. Most names in Taxonomy and many other scientific names are Latin. There are quite a few exceptions such as the names of elements and laws/equipment that were named after the people who discovered or invented them.