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What ancient language's were used in developing the names of some elements?
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∙ 11y ago
english,spanish,swedish and chinese
Lelia Bernier
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∙ 11y agoAncient Greek- e.g. chlorine, helium, hydrogen, lithium
Latin - e.g. Fluorine
see wikipedia article "List of chemical element name etymologies" for a full list of the derivations of the names.
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What languages were used in developing the names of some of the elements?
english,spanish,swedish and chinese
What ancient languages were used in developing the names of the element?
english,spanish,swedish and chinese
How were the chemical elements named?
The elements of chemistry have been named in a variety of ways. Often, element names are derived from words of ancient languages, such as Latin and Ancient Greek. In other cases, element names are derived from the names of the people that discovered them, or people with a notable relation to the element.
How do you say the names of the elements in different languages with pronunctiations?
Tu
Do all symbols of elements have greek names?
No. Most of the symbols for elements are derived from their names in English. Most of the elements were not even known in ancient Greece.
Why are elements Latin?
Latin was one of the first languages. Many other languages have Latin roots. And Not all the elements have Latin names. Some are named after famous people and scientist. Such as Einsteinium.
What is the ancient name of elements?
Many element's symbols are derrived from their ancient names. These names can be researched individually. For example, Pb is the symbol for lead. It's ancient Latin name was "plumbum".
What are the names of two elements of grammer that have been part of all languages since Babel?
Syntax and morphology
Why do some elements have names and symbol that do not match their English names?
Because there are languages other than English, and elements have different names in those languages. Some of the symbols are taken from those languages instead. Latin is probably the most common; it's responsible for Fe, Na, K, Cu, Ag, Au, Sn, Sb, and Pb (at least... there may be a few others I missed). Tungsten is called Wolfram in some countries, and its symbol W comes from that name.
How do you name your bionicle?
They get the names from ancient greek words and other ancient languages.
Why is that sometimes an element symbol is not the first letter of its name?
Some of the chemical symbols are derived from element names in foreign languages, especially Latin.
What elements have English names?
english-names of elements.
