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89 | Ac | Actinium | From the Greek "aktis", meaning "beam" |
13 | Al | Aluminum | From the Latin "alumen", meaning "bitter salt" |
95 | Am | Americium | From the English "America" |
51 | Sb | Antimony | From the Greek "antimonos", meaning "against aloneness" |
18 | Ar | Argon | From the Greek "argon", meaning "inactive" |
33 | As | Arsenic | From the Greek "arsenikon", meaning "orpiment" |
85 | At | Astatine | From the Greek "astatos", meaning "unstable" |
56 | Ba | Barium | From the Greek "barys", meaning "heavy" |
97 | Bk | Berkelium | Named after English "U of California, Berkeley" |
4 | Be | Beryllium | From the Sanskrit "beryllos", meaning "a blue-green spar" |
83 | Bi | Bismuth | From the Modern Latin "bisemutum", meaning "white mass" |
107 | Bh | Bohrium | Named after Danish "Niels Bohr" |
5 | B | Boron | From the Persian "buraq" |
35 | Br | Bromine | From the Greek "bromos", meaning "dirt or stench" |
48 | Cd | Cadmium | From the Greek/Latin "kadmeia", meaning "Cadmean earth" |
20 | Ca | Calcium | From the Greek "calx", meaning "limestone" |
98 | Cf | Californium | From the English "California" |
6 | C | Carbon | From the Latin "charbone", meaning "charcoal" |
58 | Ce | Cerium | From the Latin "Ceres", meaning "grain, bread" |
55 | Cs | Cesium | From the Latin "caesius", meaning "blue-gray" |
17 | Cl | Chlorine | From the Greek "chloros", meaning "pale green" |
24 | Cr | Chromium | From the Greek "chroma", meaning "color" |
27 | Co | Cobalt | From the German "Kobold", meaning "evil spirit" |
112 | Cn | Copernicium | Named after Polish "Nicolaus Copernicus", meaning "copper nickel" |
29 | Cu | Copper | From the Greek "Kyprios", meaning "which is from Cyprus" |
96 | Cm | Curium | Named after French "Marie and Pierre Curie" |
110 | Ds | Darmstadtium | From the German "Darmstadt", meaning "intestine city" |
105 | Db | Dubnium | Named after Russian "Dubna" |
66 | Dy | Dysprosium | From the Greek "dysprositos", meaning "hard to get at" |
99 | Es | Einsteintium | Named after German "Albert Einstein", meaning "one stone" |
68 | Er | Erbium | From the Swedish "Ytterby", meaning "outer village" |
63 | Eu | Europium | From the Greek "Europe", meaning "broad-faced" |
100 | Fm | Fermium | From the Italian "Fermi, Enrico", meaning "fastener" |
114 | Fl | Flerovium | Named after Russian "Georgy Flerov" |
9 | F | Fluorine | From the Latin "fluor", meaning "a flowing" |
87 | Fr | Francium | From the French "France", meaning "Land of the Franks" |
64 | Gd | Gadolinium | Named after chemist "Johan Gadolin" |
31 | Ga | Gallium | From the Latin "Gallia", meaning "Gaul" |
32 | Ge | Germanium | From the Latin "Germania", meaning "Germany" |
79 | Au | Gold | From the Anglo-Saxon "gold", meaning "to shine" |
72 | Hf | Hafnium | From the Latin "Hafnia", meaning "Copenhagen" |
108 | Hs | Hassium | From the Latin "Hassia", meaning "Hessen" |
2 | He | Helium | From the Greek "helios", meaning "sun" |
67 | Ho | Holmium | From the Latin "Holmia", meaning "Stockholm" |
1 | H | Hydrogen | From the Greek "hydro, - genes", meaning "water + begetter" |
49 | In | Indium | From the Greek "indigo", meaning "indigo dye" |
53 | I | Iodine | From the Greek "iodes", meaning "violet" |
77 | Ir | Iridium | From the Greek "ptenos", meaning "winged" |
26 | Fe | Iron | From the Anglo-Saxon "isern", meaning "strong metal" |
36 | Kr | Krypton | From the Greek "kryptos", meaning "hidden" |
57 | La | Lanthanum | From the Greek "lanthanein", meaning "to lie hidden" |
103 | Lr | Lawrencium | Named after "Ernest Lawrence" |
82 | Pb | Lead | From the Anglo-Saxon "lead" |
3 | Li | Lithium | From the Greek "lithos", meaning "stone" |
116 | Lv | Livermorium | Named after English "Lawrence Livermore Labs" |
71 | Lu | Lutertium | From the Latin "Lutetia", meaning "Paris" |
12 | Mg | Magnesium | Named after the Greek "Magnesia" |
25 | Mn | Manganese | From the Greek "Magnhsia", meaning "Magnesia" |
109 | Mt | Meitnerium | Named after Austrian "Lise Meitner" |
101 | Md | Mendelevium | Named after Russian "Dimitri Mendeleyev" |
80 | Hg | Mercury | From the Latin "Mercurius", meaning "Mercury" |
42 | Mo | Molybdenum | From the Greek "molybdos", meaning "lead-like" |
115 | Mc | Moscovium | New official name of "element 115" |
60 | Nd | Neodymium | From the Greek "neos didymos", meaning "new twin" |
10 | Ne | Neon | From the Greek "neos", meaning "new" |
93 | Np | Neptunium | From the Latin "Neptunus", meaning "Neptune" |
28 | Ni | Nickel | From the Swedish "Kopparnickel", meaning "copper-coloured ore" |
113 | Nh | Nihonium | New official name of "element 113" |
41 | Nb | Niobium | From the Greek "Niobe", meaning "snowy" |
7 | N | Nitrogen | From the Greek "nitrum, -genes", meaning "native-soda begetter" |
102 | No | Nobelium | Named after "Alfred Nobel" |
118 | Og | Oganesson | New official name of "element 118" |
76 | Os | Osmium | From the Greek "osme", meaning "a smell" |
8 | O | Oxygen | From the Greek "oxy geinomai", meaning "to bring forth acid" |
46 | Pd | Palladium | From the Greek "Pallas", meaning "little maiden" |
15 | P | Phosphorus | From the Greek "phos + -phoros", meaning "light-bearer" |
78 | Pt | Platinum | From the Spanish "platina (del Pinto)", meaning "little silver" |
94 | Pu | Plutonium | From the Greek "Plouton via Pluto", meaning "god of wealth" |
84 | Po | Polonium | From the Latin "Polonia", meaning "Poland" |
19 | K | Potassium | From the Modern Latin "potassa", meaning "pot-ash" |
59 | Pr | Praseodymium | From the Greek "prasios didymos", meaning "green twin" |
61 | Pm | Promethium | From the Greek "Prometheus", meaning "forethought" |
91 | Pa | Protactinium | From the Greek "protos + aktis", meaning "first beam element" |
88 | Ra | Radium | From the Latin "radius", meaning "ray" |
86 | Rn | Radon | From the Latin "Radium" |
75 | Re | Rhenium | From the Latin "Rhenus", meaning "Rhine" |
45 | Rh | Rhodium | From the Greek "rhodon", meaning "rose" |
111 | Rg | Roentgenium | Named after German "Wilhelm Rontgen" |
37 | Rb | Rubidium | From the Latin "rubidus", meaning "deepest red" |
44 | Ru | Ruthenium | From the Latin "Ruthenia", meaning "Russia" |
104 | Rf | Rutherfordium | Named after British "Ernest Rutherford" |
62 | Sm | Samarium | Named after Russian" Samarsky" |
21 | Sc | Scandium | From the Latin "Scandia", meaning "Scandinavia" |
106 | Sg | Seaborgium | Named after Swedish "Glenn Seaborg", meaning "Lake Mountain" |
34 | Se | Selenium | From the Greek "selene", meaning "moon" |
14 | Si | Silicon | From the Latin "silex, -icis", meaning "flint" |
47 | Ag | Silver | From the Akkadian "siolfor", meaning "to refine, smelt" |
11 | Na | Sodium | From the English "soda" |
38 | Sr | Strontium | From the Scottish "Strontian", meaning "nose of the fairy hill" |
16 | S | Sulfur | From the Sanskrit "sufra", meaning "yellow" |
73 | Ta | Tantalum | From the Greek "Tantalus", meaning "Tantalus" |
43 | Tc | Technetium | From the Greek "technetos", meaning "artificial" |
52 | Te | Tellurium | From the Latin "Tellus", meaning "Earth" |
117 | Ts | Tennessine | New official name of "element 117" |
65 | Tb | Terbium | From the Swedish "Ytterby", meaning "outer village" |
81 | Tl | Thallium | From the Greek "thallos", meaning "green twig" |
90 | Th | Thorium | From the Old Norse "Thor", meaning "thunder" |
69 | Tm | Thulium | From the Greek "Thula", meaning "a mythical country" |
50 | Sn | Tin | From the Middle English "tin", meaning "tin" |
22 | Ti | Titanium | From the Greek "Titan", meaning "Earth" |
74 | W | Tungsten | From the Swedish "tung sten", meaning "heavy stone" |
92 | U | Uranium | From the Greek "Ouranos; Uranus", meaning "sky" |
23 | V | Vanadium | From the Old Norse "Vanadis", meaning "Dís of the Vanir" |
54 | Xe | Xenon | From the Greek "xenos", meaning "foreign" |
70 | Yb | Ytterbium | From the Swedish "Ytterby", meaning "outer village" |
39 | Y | Yttrium | From the Swedish "Ytterby", meaning "outer village" |
30 | Zn | Zinc | From the German "Zink", meaning "Cornet" |
40 | Zr | Zirconium | From the Syriac/Persian "zargono", meaning "gold-like" |