What is the origin of the sodium symbol?

Answer 1

From the English word soda and from the Medieval Latin word sodanum, which means "headache remedy." Sodium's chemical symbol comes from the Latin word for sodium carbonate, natrium.

Answer 2

Sodium's chemical abbreviation Na (from 'natrium) was first published by Jöns Jakob Berzelius in his system of atomic symbols.

It is a contraction of the element's Latin namenatrium which refers to the Egyptiannatron, the word for a natural mineral salt whose primary ingredient is hydrated sodium carbonate.

Answer 3

The symbol for sodium, "Na," comes from the Latin word "natrium."