Where does sulfur get its name?

Anonymous

∙ 14y ago

Updated: 8/19/2019

From the Latin sulfur, sulphur, or sulpur, which appear to have been Latin inventions and not derived from, say, classical Greek (the classical Greek word for sulfur is thion).

It's most likely from a root meaning "to burn."

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