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Latinized Greek: hydrargyrum, from "hydr-" meaning watery or runny and "argyros" meaning silver

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What is the lattin word of mercury?

The Latin word for mercury is "hydrargyrum."


What does Hg on the periodic table mean?

Hg is the symbol for MercuryIt comes from the Latin word hydrargyrum no its not its the symbol for hydrogen and it comes from the Irish word hydrargyrum


Why is Hg Mercuries symbol?

HydrargyrumThe symbol Hg is from the Latinised Greek phrase: Hydrargyrum,from "hydr-" meaning watery or runny and "argyros" meaning silver.(cit. from Wikipedia.en: 'Mercury element')


Why is Hg the symbol for mercury?

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.


What is the Latin name for Mercury?

The Latin Name of Mercury is Hydrargyrum that is why it's symbol is Hg.


What is mercury latin name?

hydrargyrum


Latin for Mercury?

Hydrargyrum that is why it's symbol is Hg


Why does Mercury have the chemical symbol Hg?

It is based off the latin name Hydrargyrum


What is the Latin word that Hg stands for?

Hydrargyrum is the Latin word behind the symbol Hg.Specifically, the word is the name of a chemical element. It is more commonly known by as the element mercury. Its other name is quicksilver, which derives from the Latinized Greek word's literal meaning: water (hydr-) silver (argyros).


Latin word for mercury?

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.


Why is Mercury Hg?

Hg (Latinized Greek: hydrargyrum, from "hydr-" meaning watery or liquid and "argyros" meaning silver)- compliments of Wikipedia


What element does Hg stand for in the periodic table?

Mercury - the Hg comes from the Latinized Greek hydrargyrum, which means watery or liquid silver.