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The word aes (aeris, n.) referred to any sort of crude metal dug out of the ground except gold and silver (it is from the same ultimate source as the English word "ore"). It was often used by itself to mean "copper". A more specific term for copper was Cyprium aes, the metal from Cyprus, which evolved into cuprum, and at length into the English word "copper".

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Is copper a Latin or English word?

The word 'copper' is modern English. Its Latin translation is 'Cuprum', from which it has its chemical symbol 'Cu'.


How did copper get its atomic symbol?

From the Latin word 'Cupric' - hence the symbol Cu.


What is a cuprum in English?

cuprum is the derivation of the element copper


Where did copper get its name?

From the Latin word cuprum, which means "from the island of Cyprus."From the Latin word cyprium, after the island of Cyprus


Where did you get cu in copper?

The notation Cu comes from the Latin "Cuprum", which means Copper.


What is the full atom symbol for Copper?

Cu from "cupro", the Latin word for copper.


Why is copper symbol different from its name?

Cu comes from the Latin word cuprus, which mean copper.


Where did copper get its name from?

From the Latin word cyprium, after the island of Cyprus


How did copper get its name?

From the Latin word cyprium, after the island of Cyprus, by the ancient Romans, because so much of it was mined there.'Copper' is a corruption from the Latin 'aes Cyprium', "the metal of Cyprus", Cyprus having been an important source of copper for the Romans.


Where is copper elements name form?

The name "copper" comes from the Latin word "cuprum," which was derived from the island of Cyprus where copper was mined extensively in ancient times. The chemical symbol for copper, Cu, also reflects its Latin name.


What is the atomic symbol for copper?

Cu, which is derived from the Latin word for copper, cuprum.


Why is Cu used for copper?

From the Latin name for copper, which is 'Cuprum'. Also there is a separate elemental symbol for 'Co', which is 'Cobalt, and for 'C' which is 'Carbon'. Modern science still falls back on the classical languages of , Classical Greece, and Rome, for many of its words and names.