What is the origin of the element name arsenic?

Answer 1

== Name origin: From the Greek word arsenikos and the Latin word arsenicum. == The Persian word Zarnikh, which means "yellow orpiment" was lifted from arsenikos, the Greek word meaning "masculine" or "potent." Use the links below for more information.

Answer 2

The word arsenic roots back to a Persian word Zarnikh meaning "yellow orpiment" which then evolved into the Green arsinikon, meaning potent. Arsenic is known for it's high potency and toxicity.

Answer 3

• Arsenis, Gerasimos (Greek: Γεράσιμος Αρσένης; born 1931 in Kephalonia, Greece), is a Greek politician who served as a Member of the Hellenic Parliament and a Minister, in several Governments with the Panhellenic Socialist Movement.
• Arsenic is a chemical element with the symbol As, atomic number 33 and relative Atomic Mass 74.92. Arsenic occurs in many minerals, usually in conjunction with sulfur and metals, and also as a pure elemental crystal.

  It was first documented by Albertus Magnus in 1250.

  [ The word arsenic was borrowed from the Syriac word (al) zarniqa and the Persian word Zarnikh (زرنيخ), meaning "yellow orpiment", into Greek as arsenikon(Αρσενικόν).

  It is also may relate to the similar Greek word arsenikos(Αρσενικός), meaning "masculine" or "potent". ]

Answer 4

The word arsenic come from a combination of the Syriac word (Al) Zarnica and the Persian word Zarnikh, which became Arsenikon in Greek. This was Latinized into Arsenicum, which became arsenic in Old French which became the English word Arsenic.

Answer 5

Arsenic got its name from a Persian word for the yellow pigment now know as ulcers,gastric cancer,tuberculosis, ect. It is also used as rat poisoning.

Answer 6

Arsenic is named after the yellow colour of the ore it came from in Aramaic, (al) zarniqa, later Arsenikon in greek, which became Arsenic.

Answer 7

The symbol As is just from Arsenic. It would be 'Ar', but that's already taken, by Argon, earlier in the Periodic Table.

Answer 8

The name "arsenic" comes from the Greek word "arsenikon," which means "yellow orpiment." It is believed that the element arsenic was known to ancient people and was used in pigments and medicines.

Answer 9

From: Greek 'arsenikon' (Αρσενικόν)