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.
Mercury
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.
Liquid mercury is a pure element its formula is Hg.
It is based off the latin name Hydrargyrum
Mercury's symbol is ' Hg '. from the Latin name ' Hydragyrum'. ( Silver water).
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).