Its usually just called mercury. It's chemical symbol is Hg, which comes from the word hydrargyrum.its also called qiuck silver in common ................
Hg, for hydragyrum, latin of mercury
the periodic table uses latin names for some symbles like mercury and lead the symbel for lead is pb because it's latin name is plumbum
Mercury(II) Chloride
Potassium has a chemical symbol that is derived from a Latin name.
Hyragyrum is the latin name of mercury(Hg)
The name of the Latin messenger god is Mercury.
Hermes' Latin name was mercury.
hydrargyrum
Mercury was given by the Romans to be their Hermes.
Mercury is a latin word-it was the name for the roman god of messages, travel, thieves and luck (greek god Hermes). The planet Mercury was named after the god. If you are asking for the metal mercury, it would have come from the god's name, and it is unlikely that the romans had a specific word for that metal.
The old name for Merury is hydrargyrum from hydr- meaning water and argyros meaning silver. Mercury is a liquid silvery metal and was, in fact, known as quicksilver. Anyway, the chemical symbol comes from hydrargyrum.
It is based off the latin name Hydrargyrum
Mercury
Liquid mercury is a pure element its formula is Hg.
The planet Mercury was named after the Greek god Hermes. Mercury is his Roman name. A Latin god - the messenger (i.e. the swift one).
The name "mercury" comes from the Roman god Mercury, who was known for his speed and agility. The planet Mercury was named after this god because it moves quickly across the sky. The element mercury was also named after the planet, likely due to its fast-moving properties.