the symbol Fe is derived from iron's latin name "Ferrum" like other elements with symbols far from the element name like potassium's symbol is K meaning "Kalium" or tin's symbol is Sn for "Stannum". we studied that, i actually have a list of all elements with those kind of symbols. if you want the complete list, email me: cloicuaderno@Yahoo.com
-cloi
It comes from ferrus, the Latin word for iron.
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The Latin word is ferrum, not ferrus.
Iron's symbol is written as Fe. Fe stands for ferrous.
Iron (from the latin, ferrum)
Iron's symbol is Fe.
The element 'FE' represents iron. Hope this helped. -Sean
Iron is the chemical element with the symbol Fe.
Fe
The symbol for the element iron is Fe. Ferrous is the latin for Iron - Fe is the abbreviated letters for this latin word. Hence the chemical symbol for iron is Fe from its latin origination. Fe is the abbreviation for ferrum, which is Latin for iron. The word also gives us "ferrous" meaning "containing iron". It comes from the Latin as in ferrous etc.
Fe is the symbol for Iron.
Iron's symbol is written as Fe. Fe stands for ferrous.
Iron's symbol is Fe.
Iron (from the latin, ferrum)
The element 'FE' represents iron. Hope this helped. -Sean
Fe stands for Iron, based on the Latin form of the word.
Fe is a chemical symbol for the element iron.
Iron is the chemical element with the symbol Fe.
'Fe' is iron. The symbol (Fe) comes from the Latin for iron, which is 'Ferrum'.
Fe is the chemical symbol of iron.