What does the word 'aurum' mean?

Answer 1

The word 'aurum' is Latin for gold. Gold's atomic number is 79, and its symbol 'Au' honors its ancient, classical Latin origins. But gold wasn't discovered by the ancient Romans, or the ancient Greeks, who called the metal 'chrysion'. In fact, gold may have been one of the first metals to be used by the human dwellers of prehistoric times, because of its beautiful pure color, and its cooperative workability. For Genesis 2:11 described the land of Havilah as a source of gold, which in Hebrew is called 'charuts' or 'zahab'. And over 4,600 years ago, the ancient Egyptians boasted that their land had more gold than dirt. Some 1,500 years later, their land was the site of the world's first known map. Now housed in Italy, at the Egyptian Museum of Turin, the Papyrus detailed the geology and gold mine of Nubia, along the Nile from modern-day southern Egypt through northern Sudan.

Answer 2

The word 'aurum' comes into English usage by way of the ancient Latin language. The equivalent word in English is 'gold'. And it indeed is from the first two letters of the original Latin term that we get the chemical symbol for gold: 'Au'.

Answer 3

The Latin word aurum means gold which is why the symbol of gold on the Periodic Table is AU.

Answer 4

"aurum" is the Latin word for gold.