silver- Ag
Ag
Any element.The Latin language name argentum and the names in other languages derived from the Latin has another etymology.
The latin name of Silver is 'argentum', so 'Ag' is two letters of the latin name, which no other element can create.In the periodic table, the symbols which Silver could have used, i.e. 'S pertains to the' element Sulphur and the next possibility, 'Si' element pertains to Silicon) so silver needed to take another symbol - thus Ag for Argentum.
The name of the chemical element uranium is derived from the name of the planet Uranus.
Argentum (Ag)
Silver (symbol Ag).
Ag
Gold - Au - from Latin aurumSilver - Ag - from Latin argentum
"Argent" is heraldic name for silver and is derived from Latin argentum, from which the chemical symbol for silver is also derived.
Any element.The Latin language name argentum and the names in other languages derived from the Latin has another etymology.
The element that was once called Argentum is Silver. It came from the Latin Argentum, meaning silver. It has been known since prehistoric time.
Ag, which is the same today as it was when it was new.Ag represents the Latin name of the element, which is argentum.
silver, abbreviation taken from latin name Argentum
The symbol Ag for silver stands for the element's original name, which was argentum (Latin for silver).
The code is Ag (uppercase "A", lowercase "g"), and represents the element silver. This is an abbreviation of the element's Latin name, argentum.
The latin name of Silver is 'argentum', so 'Ag' is two letters of the latin name, which no other element can create.In the periodic table, the symbols which Silver could have used, i.e. 'S pertains to the' element Sulphur and the next possibility, 'Si' element pertains to Silicon) so silver needed to take another symbol - thus Ag for Argentum.
Each Latin name has an element associated with it. Stibium is antimony. Cuprum is copper. Argentum is silver. Natrium is sodium. Ka is not an element and neither is ium. Stannum is tin. Wolfram is tungston and plumbum is lead.