It comes from a Greek word meaning "pale green."
The word element "Hellen-" means Greek.
Iodine from the greek word - ιώδες or (iodes)
"chlor" means green. the gas is green, thus the name.
πράσινο αντίχειρα Means Green Thumb in Greek.
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Chlorine . The name comes the Classical Greek for Green , Chloros. We also have the word ' chlorphyll' for a green organic chemical .
Greek χλωρος [chlōros] = a colour, pale yellowish green. Which, of course, the gas is.
It the element Argon (Ar) from the greek word αργό (argo) meaning slow
the greek word for stone is πέτρα (petra). The root word is petro- like in the word petroleum : the oil from the stone,from earth (the crude oil). No element (Periodic Table) has the word petro-.
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Thallium was named after the Greek word "thallos," which means "green shoot" or "twig," due to the bright green spectral line it produces in a flame test. This element was discovered by Sir William Crookes in 1861.