Silver is one of the substances known to the ancients, so it's chemical symbol is taken from an ancient language ( in this case, Latin ). A shortentened form of "argentum" gives us Ag.
The chemical symbol Ag is taken from the Latin word argentum, meaning silver.
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The symbol for the set of integers is Z and it comes from the German word Zahlen, meaning numbers.
The Latin word for gold is aurum, the beginning of which is au, therefore the symbol from gold is au :) i actually had this question on a test today :P
"i" stands for imaginary. It represents the square root of -1.
Latin (liquid silver)
The chemical symbol for silver, Ag, comes from its Latin name "argentum." The symbol Ag is derived from the first two letters of argentum.
Ag is the chemical symbol of silver.
"Ag" is the abbreviation for "argentum", which is Latin for "silver". Most of the elemental symbols come directly from Latin.
Chemical symbol for silver is Ag.
Ag is the symbol for silver (from Latin: argentum)
No, "Au" is not the symbol for silver. It instead is the symbol for gold whereas "Ag" is that for silver.
Ag is the symbol for the element silver.
Silver is a symbol (Ag)
Silver, symbol Ag, is for argentum, which is "silver" in Latin
The symbol for silver is Ag, from the Latin Argentum.
The chemical symbol for silver is Ag.