hydrargyrum
Hyragyrum is the latin name of mercury(Hg)
The name of the Latin messenger god is Mercury.
Hermes' Latin name was mercury.
The Latin Name of Mercury is Hydrargyrum that is why it's symbol is Hg.
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.
Mercury was given by the Romans to be their Hermes.
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.
It is based off the latin name Hydrargyrum
Liquid mercury is a pure element its formula is Hg.
Mercury
The planet Mercury was named after the Greek god Hermes. Mercury is his Roman name. A Latin god - the messenger (i.e. the swift one).
The name "mercury" comes from the Roman god Mercury, who was known for his speed and agility. The planet Mercury was named after this god because it moves quickly across the sky. The element mercury was also named after the planet, likely due to its fast-moving properties.