Why is 'Ag' the chemical symbol for silver?

Answer 1

The latin name of Silver is 'argentum', so 'Ag' is two letters of the latin name, which no other element can create.

In the Periodic Table, the symbols which Silver could have used, i.e. 'S pertains to the' element Sulphur and the next possibility, 'Si' element pertains to Silicon) so silver needed to take another symbol - thus Ag for Argentum.

Answer 2

The chemical symbol for silver, Ag, comes from its Latin name "argentum." This symbol was derived from the Sanskrit word "argunas," meaning shining. The symbol Ag was assigned to silver by its discoverers in ancient times.

Answer 3

"Ag" comes from the Latin name for silver, "argentum".