It comes from potash. This word comes from the ashes of a wood fire, on which your pot was boiling.
Potassium is a generic name. The chemical substance is potassium.
The name aluminium is derived from the antic name of potassium aluminium sulfate - K2Al6(OH)12(SO4)4 - alumen.
There really aren't any, since potassium is not something you find lying around (it's way too reactive). Potassium hydroxide has a common name of "lye" if that helps. You might also hear it called "potash" (which is where the word potassium comes from).
i think either potassium(II) sulfate or potassium sulfate
No, the formal name is potassium ethanoate
Potassium Iodide
It is Potassium.
The common name for potassium nitrate is saltpeter, but I don't think potassium nitride has a common name.
The name for K2Cr2O7 is potassium dichromate.
Potassium is kalium in Latin.
The name of the ionic compound k2s is= Potassium Sulfide
The original word for potassium in Latin is kalium. That is where you get K for the element , Potassium.