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gold I believe you are talking about the element Gold. It comes from the Latin name of gold which is aurum.
The symbol of an element is an abbreviation for the element's name, and it is derived either from the English or the Latin name. For example: Bromine's symbol is Br. The symbol inside an element's square is the element's atomic number, or the number of protons and neutrons in the element.
Antimony
Mercury's symbol (Hg) comes from Greek " Ύδραργυρος", or, "Hydrargyrum"meaning "watery silver.Tungsten's symbol (W) comes from the mineral Wolframite.
Mercury
Its latin name
The element lead's symbol "Pb" comes from its name in Latin: Plumbum
Silver (symbol Ag).
Au is the symbol for the element gold (from Latin name aurum).
Au is the element symbol for gold, from the Latin name, which is aurum.
gold I believe you are talking about the element Gold. It comes from the Latin name of gold which is aurum.
Iron's Latin name is ferrum, which is why its symbol on the periodic table is Fe.
The Latin name for sodium is natrium.
Aurum is the Latin name for gold.
The symbol for an element is usually the first letter of its modern name but this is often supplemented by another letter from the name to make the symbol unique. In some cases, the symbol is based on the Latin name.
Tungsten -W.
Element 82 is lead with the symbol Pb (from the Latin "plumbum.")