It is only a convention.
Argentina is not named after a chemical element. The name "Argentina" is believed to come from the Latin word "argentum," which means silver. Argentina is named for the precious metal silver that was historically abundant in the region.
The chemical symbols for elements often come from their Latin names, which may not directly correspond to their English names. This is due to historical reasons or the first letter being already used by another element. For example, "sodium" is represented by the symbol "Na" from the Latin term "natrium."
The name of the chemical element hassium is derived from Hassia, the Latin name of the German land Hessen.
The element sodium comes from the Latin word "natrium."
They come from Latin words I think.
Most elements symbols come from their latin names. There is more than one element with a name beginning in N so to distinguish nickel from nitrogen (you couldn't write them both as N) one is written as N and the other as Ni
Potassium.
The original word for potassium in Latin is kalium. That is where you get K for the element , Potassium.
"Silicon" is derived from the Latin word "silex," which means "flint" or "hard stone." Silicon itself is a chemical element with the symbol Si and atomic number 14. It is a common element in the Earth's crust and is primarily used in electronics and semiconductors.
The symbol "Fe" for iron comes from the Latin word "ferrum," which means iron. This naming convention is used in the periodic table to represent the element. The use of Latin roots for chemical symbols is common, reflecting the historical influence of Latin on scientific terminology.
Potassium is kalium in Latin.
Copper, that wonderful metal we use for electrical wire and piping, was known to ancients. Its use dates back thousands of years. It was called cuprum back in the day, which is Latin. And that Latin name is the source of its chemical symbol, Cu.