Possibly from the Greek, "αντι μόνος" (anti monos), approximately means "opposed to solitude", as it was believed never to exist in pure form, or (anti-monachos), (the French "antimoine", still has adherents) would means "monk-killer", because early alchemists being monks and antimony being poisonous. May also be derived from the Pharaonic (Ancient Egypt), "Antos Ammon" (expression), which could be translated as "bloom of the god Ammon".
The symbol Sb is from Latin name, Stibium. The word derived from the Greek, "στιμμί" (stimmi), is probably a loan word from Arabic or Egyptian. Littré suggests the first form derives from "stimmida", (one) accusative for "stimmi". The Arabic word for the substance, as "mark" or "the cosmetic", can appear as "ithmid", "athmoud", "othmod" or "uthmod". [1]
From the Greek, "βαρυς" (barys), means "heavy". The oxide was initially called "barote", then "baryta", which was modified to "barium" to describe the metal.
From the Latin, "caesius", means "sky blue". Its identification was based upon the bright blue lines in its spectrum and it was the first element discovered by spectrum analysis.
From the French, "charbone", which in turn came from the Latin, "carbo", means "charcoal". (In the German and the Dutch, Kohlenstoff and Koolstof, respectively, both literally means "coal-stuff")
From the German, "kobalt", means "evil spirit", the metal being so called by miners, because it was poisonous and troublesome (polluted and degraded the other mined elements, like Nickel). Other sources cite the origin as stemming from silver miners' belief that cobalt had been placed by "Kobolds" who had stolen the silver. Some also think the name may be derive from the Greek, "" (kobalos), which means "mine", and which may have common roots with kobold, goblin, and cobalt.
Possibly derived from the Greek, "χαλκός" (chalkos), means "Copper (the metal)". May also be derived from the Latin (during the Roman empire), "aes cyprium", ("aes" being the generic Latin term for copper alloys such as bronze, etc.) "cyprium" means Cyprus, where so much of it was mined in. The phrase "cyprium" was simplified to "cuprum" and then eventually Anglicized into the English "copper".
Named after "Erbia", the village of Ytterby in Sweden, where large concentrations of Yttria and Erbium are located. Erbia and terbia were confused in at this time. After 1860, what had been known as Terbia was renamed Erbia, and after 1877, what had been known as Erbia was renamed Terbia.
Named in honor of "Johan Gadolin", who found of Nordic chemistry research, discovered Yttrium, and pioneered laboratory exercise teaching. (by the same taken, Gadolinite, the mineral)
From the Latin, "gallia", means "Gaul" (Ancient France), and also "gallus", means "rooster". The element was obtained became free metal by Lecoq de Boisbaudran, who named Gallium after France, his native land, and one of those multilingual puns, also after himself, as "Lecoq", means "the rooster", to Latin, "gallus".
From the Latin, "hydor genes", derived from the Ancient Greek, "ὕδωρ γείνομαι" (hydor geinomai), means "to beget water", because of commonly chemical compound.
Named after the Latin, "iris", means "of rainbows", because many of salts are strongly colored. and also "Iris", the goddess of rainbow and messenger on Greek mythology </ref> [5]
Speculate that "iron" (īsern) derives from the Etruscan, (aisar), means "the god(s)", because in first significant age of iron usefulness (Sumerians and Egyptians, around 4000 BC), a few items (such as the tips of spears, daggers and ornaments) were being fashioned from iron recovered from meteorites, and meteorites fall from the sky. [9]
The symbol Fe is from the Latin, "Ferrum", means "iron".
From the Greek, "λιθος" (lithos), means "stone", because it was discovered from a mineral while other common alkali metals (Sodium and Potassium) were discovered from plant tissue.
Named after "Mercury", the god of speed and thinking on mythology. (Also, the "Mercury (planet)" named after the god)
The symbol Hg is from Greek name, ὕδωρ αργυρος (hydor argyros), and descended to the Latin name, Hydrargyrum, means "water - silver", because it be liquid like water, and has silvery metallic sheen. [12][5]
Derived from the Greek, "νεος διδύμος" (neos didymos), means "new twin", because Didymium separated into Praseodymium and Neodymium, both gave salts of different colors. [13]
Named after "Pallas", the asteroid was discovered two years earlier. (The asteroid was named after "Pallas (Athena)" (an alternate name of Athena), the goddess of wisdom and victory on mythology) [5]
From the Greek, "φωσ φόρος" (phós phoros), means "light bearer", because "White Phosphorus" emits a faint glow upon exposure to Oxygen
The word "Phosphorus" was ancient name for the "Venus (planet)" as Hesperus (Morning Star). [5]
Named after "Pluto", the planet, because it was discovered directly after Neptunium (Neptunium higher than Uranium on periodic table), so them was named by analogy with the ordering of the planets. (The planet "Pluto" ,now be dwarf planet, was named after "Pluto", the god of the dead's world on mythology) [5]
From the English, "potash", means "pot-ash" (Potassium compound prepared from "an alkali extracted in a pot from the ash of burnt wood or tree leaves).
The symbol K is from Latin name, Kalium, was named derived from "alkali", became from the Arabic "بوتاسيوم" (al qalīy), means "the calcined ashes".
From the Greek, "πρασιος διδύμος" (prasios didymos), means "green twin", because Didymium separated into Praseodymium and Neodymium, both gave salts of different colors.
Named after "Radium", because of Radiumemanation that produce Radon. Radon has also been called Niton (Nt) from the Latin, "nitens", means "shining", but the name was rejected.
From the Anglo-Saxon, "seolfor", compare Old High German "silabar".
The symbol Ag is possibly from Latin name, Argentum, means about "Aegean", because of evidence on islands of the Aegean Sea.
Almost certainly from the Arabic, "صفرا" (sufra), means "yellow", the bright color of the naturally occurring form. The word be descented into the Sanskrit, "गन्धक" (sulvere or sulvari), the Latin, "sulpur", the English, "sulfur", and also was commonly referred as "brimstone" in Bible, giving rise to the name of "Fire and brimstone", which are sermons where hell and eternal damnation for sinners is stressed.
Named after the Greek, "ταντάλυς" (Tantalus), who was punished after death by being condemned to stand knee-deep in water, if he bent to drink the water, it drained below the level he could reach (on Greek mythology). This was considered similar to tantalum's general non-reactivity because of the inertness (it sits among reagents and is unaffected by them). [5]
From the Greek, τεχνητός (technetos), meaning "artificial", because of the first predominantly artificial element. Technetium has also been called Eka-manganese.[7]
Named after "Thor", the god of thunder on Norse mythology. [5]
The former name Ionium (Io) was given early in the study of radioactive elements to Th-230 isotope.
From the Swedish and Danish, "tung sten", means "heavy stone". The symbol W is from scientific name, Wolfram. The element and its ore, "Wolframite", was named in honor of "Peter Woulfe", who discovered its existence. The names Wolfram or Volfram are still used in Swedish and several languages. [4]
Named after the planet "Uranus", which had been discovered eight years earlier. The planet was named after "Uranus", the god of sky and heaven on Greek mythology[5]
Named after Ytterbia, the compound of Ytterbium. (The compound Ytterbia was named after Ytterby, the Swedish village (near Vaxholm) where found the minerals Gadolinite) [4]
Named after Yttria, the (oxide) compound of Yttrium. (The compound Yttria was named after Ytterby, the village where found the minerals Gadolinite) [4]
LSJ, s.v., vocalisation, spelling, and declension vary; Endlich; Celsus, 6.6.6 ff; Pliny Natural History 33.33; Lewis and Short: Latin Dictionary. OED, s. "antimony".
"stimmi" is used by the Attic tragic poets of the 5th century BC. Later Greeks also used "stibi", which is written in Latin by Celsus and Pliny in the first century AD. Pliny also names "stimi" (sic-m), "larbaris", "alabaster", "very common platyophthalmos", "wide-eye" (means about effect of the cosmetic). In Egyptians hieroglyphics, "" (mśdmt), the vowels are uncertain, but there is an Arabic tradition that "" (mesdemet) (Albright; Sarton, quotes Meyerhof, the translator)
^Astatine, An earlier name for Astatine was Alabamine (Ab)
^Beryllium, At one time beryllium was referred to as Glucinium, which from the Greek, "" (glykys), means "sweet", due to the sweet taste of its salts.
^ abcdefghijklmnopqr Some elements (particularly ancient elements) was associated with Greek (or Roman or others) gods or people, on Greek mythology (or other mythology), and with planets (or others in solar system), such as Mercury (mythology) - Mercury (planet) - Mercury (element), etc.
Also, astrological symbols (for the planets) (particularly ancient elements) also often used same each ancient alchemical symbols (for the element or its metal).
^Darmstadtium, some humorous scientists suggested the name Policium, because 110 is the emergency telephone number for the German police.
^ abcdefghijklmnopq Previous to discovery of some unknown elements, Prof. Dmitri Mendeleev predicted and described most of them appropriately properties, and fill the gaps in the table, on the basis of them position in his Periodic table. The properties of 4 predicted elements, Eka-boron (Eb), Eka-aluminium (El), Eka-manganese (Em), and Eka-silicon (Es), proved to be good predictors of Scandium, Gallium, Technetium and Germanium, respectively. The prefix "eka-", from the Sanskrit, means "one" (places down from the known element in table), and is sometimes used in discussions about undiscovered elements, such as, Untriennium was referred into Eka-actinium. see also : Mendeleev's predicted elements
^Nitrogen, Pure gas is inert enough that Antoine Lavoisier referred to it as "Azote", means "without life", so this term has become the French for Nitrogen and later spread out to many other languages.
^Protactinium, Kasimir Fajans and Otto H. Göhring ,who identified, name the element 91 Brevium from the Latin, "brevis", means "brief, short" in 1913. The name was changed to "Protoactinium" in 1918 and shortened to Protactinium in 1949.
